Adam Forepaugh Circus #1
Posted By thecircusblog on July 23, 2012
These wagons were named the Five Graces.
What a great comment Bob, it is a must read.
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Hi Ivan,
Actually, its just the wagon on the left that is the Five Graces. First known as the Car of Commerce, this wagon had a upper section on the wagon plus a telescoping piece that raised above the wagon for display. This was pulled around Europe and England with the Barnum & Bailey 40 horse hitch before the Two Hemispheres was ever built.
This photo was taken in the Peru WQ wagon sheds. You can see the back door has already fallen off and has just been stuck there. Sadly, it’s parade days were all over. Only by the good graces of the Ringling management did a few old Parade wagons survive from Peru and they were hauled to Sarasota where most of them eventually went to the new American Museum of the Circus. Its now called the Ringling Museums or more properly, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Bob