Circo Atayde Poster 1968

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Circo Atayde 1965

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Circo Atayde Poster 1962 and 1963

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Circo Atayde Poster 1956

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Ringling Bros Poster

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

When times were hard and money got a little low grandfather would use Ringling paper to advertise his own circus by sniping over the Ringling name and putting in these famous words, AFTER THE MINNOW COMES THE WHALE,  HENRY BROS CIRCUS……..A true jack pot.

Henry Bros Circus

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Henry Bros Circus, Missoula, Montana. This photo was tahen in 1931 when the show was playing  at the Missoula,Fair. Bottom left is Todd Henry, then 3 ponies, my father Clifford Henry, Glenn Henry, Robert “Hap” Henry and my Grandfather  J E. Henry.

Henry Bros Show Truck

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Henry Bros. circus truck, 1936 ,Vancover, Washington. It was used as a tent and pole wagon and when the show was up they would use it for advertising in the town.

Bob Taber Article

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

Henry Bros circus touring the west in 1936. Click on photo to enlarge, or email me for a copy. This article was written in 1950 by Bob Taber, a circus fan and a friend of the Henry family.

Bob Taber Article

thecircusblog | June 28, 2009

 
In the top left corner is the parade wagon of the  Al G. Barnes Circus 1923. Bottom right is the Arthur Bros ticket wagon. Click on the article to enlarge.

Circus Fan’s

thecircusblog | June 24, 2009

This was my first Circus Fan’s convention and it was fantastic. I met a great deal of wonderful people who have been circus fans most of their lives.  It seems they know more about our business than we do sometimes and I guess that’s OK. I had people come up to me and say hello….they knew who I was even [...]