thecircusblog | November 5, 2012
These wagons were also at Jungleland. I also know that there were a few Al G. Barnes cage wagons along with 10 or 12 cargo wagons there. The cargo wagons as I remember had no names on them and their origin is not known to me. I do remember that there was a grass fire [...]
thecircusblog | August 17, 2012
This is cargo wagon #88, photo taken on the Barnes circus 1938. Its use then was canvas wagon.………. S.T. Flint photo.
thecircusblog | July 19, 2012
This wagon is set on the wheel runs and is slowly being unloaded. The safety pulley line is faintly visible attached to the front of the wagon. This tethers the wagon, so there is not a run away.
thecircusblog | July 19, 2012
Here you see a Mack truck pulling a loaded cargo trailer. There was no drive shaft in those trucks–they were chain driven. The chain ran from an exterior drive wheel to the back axle as seen here. there was no such thing as an inner tube in those days. The wheels then were hard rubber [...]
thecircusblog | July 19, 2012
thecircusblog | July 19, 2012
This is a four section tiger cage wagon, with heavy and deep carved statues on all four corners. The photo was shot during a parade.
