Frank Merrill Tarzan
Posted By thecircusblog on July 8, 2009
Here is the picture of Franh Merrill as Tarzan in 1928 for which I have been searching.
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Frank Merrrill in his second movie, shot in 1929.Clifford and Mary Henry Wedding
Posted By thecircusblog on July 6, 2009
In the fall of 1938 Mom and Dad were married and of course Max and Gertie Craig were there………Thanks Joanne for the photo. This photo was lost for many years now I have it back.
Max and Gertie Craig
Posted By thecircusblog on July 6, 2009
Back in 1920’s, 30’s and even the 1940″s, many circus performers worked in Vaudeville. When the circus season came to the end of the year, and shows went into winter quarters, performers keep busy doing theater dates. In this photo Max and Gertie are seen performing such a theater date. In those years, most cities had Vaudeville and in the later years you had to do your act between the movies. Max and Gertie were no exception. They were either on the circus performing or in a theater. Max and his sister Maxine grew up on the J. E. Henry Bros Circus and along with all the Henry boys became fine performers. Max and Gertie have two children Darrel and Kandra………… I want to thank Joanne and PeeWee Pinson for the photos, they mean a lot to me.
Please read the comment from their grandson. This is why I do The Circus Blog.
Max
Posted By thecircusblog on July 6, 2009
Max may be all of seven years old in this photo with his dog Sport posing in the back yard of Henry Bros Circus. In the mid 1920’s Max’s farther was the band leader on Grandfather’s show. As the years passed growing up on the circus, both he and his sister Maxine became skilled performers and did a number of different acts. Later Maxine married Todd Henry and they had one daughter Donna. My Father told me many great stories about the fun times that he and Max had together when they were kids. In the 1950’s, I remember all the families visiting each other at Grandmother house in El Monte, Calif. We all lived close to each other at that time, but eventually the circus life separated the family….. not that we wanted to…. that’s just the way it was. We continued to stay in touch via the phone & mail. One day out of the clear blue in the spring of 1958, Max his wife Gertie came to visit. We had a wonderful time with my Aunt and Uncle Craig as they liked to be called. They were indeed part of the Henry family…..This photo given to the circus blog by Joanne Wilson Pinson. Thanks.
George Matthew’s Great London Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on July 6, 2009
1974 George Matthews Great London Circus. The Sid Kellner elephants presented by Alfonso Magana in Billings, Montana. This photo supplied by Mike Cappi.
Great London Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on July 6, 2009
Alfanso Magana also did the cat act on the show. Alfonso is seen on the right side of this photo. There is another person that can be seen here, look through the bars at the back of the arena and there is Ed Russell the ring master. Photo taken in Billings, Montana, 1974. Photo given to me by Mike Cappi, who later worked for Henry Bros Circus in 1975 thu 1979.
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