Siebrand Bros Circus 1954
Posted By thecircusblog on January 31, 2012
The Siebrand family may have been the first to combine a realistic circus to the back end of a carnival midway, sometime in the very early 1930’s. Here in this photo is Harry Clark and his horse, Long Journey. The circus started out with 3 rings and center poles for aerial rigging, there was no big top. Later a small stage was built for the ground acts so they could be seen better from the midway. In 1947 my father built a much lager stage for the Siebrands, 30 by 40. The larger stage provided more area to in. As a result of the larger stage, Pete Siebrand later hired bigger acts, but it never lost it’s spirit of the circus. As you navigate though the circus blog you will see many more photos of the Siebrand circus.
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My name is Ivan M. Henry and I am the 4th generation of a circus/show business dynasty. I hope you enjoy the blog.Comments
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Thanks Ivan about the Siebrand Bros. I will start contributing to this website from the rideboy’s point of view. Keep in touch.
Thanks for this photo, Ivan. It’s a great one of my great granddad Clark.
I’m a great grandson of Anna Peterson (Seibrand) I believe a sister to to The Seibrand’s I would appreciate information you have on her. Thank You
My grandmother was Harmina Siebrand. I live in Northwood ND where the carnival and circus originated. My grandfather helped with building some of the early rides they had
Is there any current information or archives for Siebrand? My parents came over from Europe in 1949 and I think that Siebrand might have sponsored them as I can’t find any manifests that lists their names. Also you and I spoke once. My parents were ‘Andens Poodles) Kurt and Gisella.