thecircusblog | September 14, 2011
This could be a totally different flying act. Notice that there are four people in this act. It is very possible that they added a new member to the act. The rigging looks the same but don’t they all………… HELP.
thecircusblog | September 13, 2011
Yes, it is true, two humps are better than one. If you have ever ridden a Camel or Dromedaries you know what I mean. A Camel has but one hump in the center of his back, which makes it very uncomfortable to ride, so you have to sit behind the hump or in a specially-made […]
thecircusblog | September 8, 2011
I can’t tell you how many times I was on the stake line. I did not begrudge it; it surly will keep you in shape. Many of the old tent crews would play a game with a “First of May.” They would take a sixteen pound sledge hammer, hold it at the very end of […]
thecircusblog | September 8, 2011
A family of little performers, the Three Del Rios from Madrid, Spain. The name of the circus is unknown to me, however, the date of this photo is 1938.
thecircusblog | August 18, 2011
The Sons of Morocco were playing a fair that we were booked on with the chimp act. I made friends with one of the members of the troupe, Moulay Ahmed, the top mounter. After a few weeks of playing fairs, I became friends with all of the troupe and was privy to a problem that […]
thecircusblog | May 27, 2011
Chucko had his own one ring circus. He played just in the Los Angeles area and the little show did quite well. With Chucko is Mary Jo Knolls. Photo 1957.
thecircusblog | December 2, 2010
From left to right: Olive, Glenna and Glen”Bones” Hartzell. This photo was just sent to me by Randall Hartzell, a second cousin to Glenna. This photo was taken on the R.B.B &B. Circus in the late 1930’s or the early 1940’s. Bones and his wife Olive clowned on many different circuses but mainly with Ringling. After Olive’s […]
thecircusblog | December 2, 2010
I first met Glenna when I was a kid on the Siebrand Bros Circus in the early 1950’s. She was a beautiful red head and all eyes turned when she walked down the midway to her fathers pit show. Her father passed away in 1955 and the octopus show was no longer… besides things were smelling […]
thecircusblog | September 29, 2009
These ads are from the Dec 7, 1950 Lackland Air Force Base newspaper.The papers name is Talespinner. The base is located in San Antonio, Texas. Rubin did a forehead perch act with his wife Anita who was great performer. These two wonderful people never had a bad word for anyone. Rubin always called me his Guero “Blondie”. […]
