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Al G. Barnes Circus #2
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
The photographer that took these pictures shot several of the same image at different angels. It gives a person that is viewing them a better prospective. The wagon loaded on the flat car, carries the quarter and three quarter poles. The wagon is a flat bed, alone the side are up right wooden stakes that […]
Al G. Barnes Circus #3
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
In this photo the center pole wagon is loaded on the flat car to the left and to the right side of the photo is the quarter pole wagon. These wagons are called flat stake beds. You can see the wooden stakes holding in the quarter poles. These wagons carried nothing but tent poles. However […]
Al G. Barnes Circus #5
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
Can you imagine the manpower that it took to set this show up, or for that matter any circus in those days. I think it would be totally impossible to set up a circus of this size in one day , as they did years ago. This photo taken in 1936.
Al G. Barnes Circus #6
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
Two Mack Trucks. These trucks in later years took the place of the horses that pulled the wagons from the flat cars to and from the circus lot.
Al G. Barnes #7
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
Here is a good example of how the horses were used to unload the flat cars. Photo 1935.
Al G. Barnes #8
thecircusblog | June 19, 2012
Seen here are men setting the wagon wheel rails , also called wheel runs. The wheel rails or runs fastened to the back of the flat car bed. They sloped to the ground to allow the wagon to be unloaded safely. On the ground a truck or horses would pull them to the lot.
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