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Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Rebuilding the Ringling Bell Wagon
Notice the previous framework for the Bell wagon sitting in the back.
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Not much from the orginal frame work is reused in these wagons. About the only wagons that are close to being 100% orginal were the Elephant Tab in Sarasota were it still has/had the copper roof still on it I think and maybe the John Robinson Calliope in Deardorn at the Ford Museum. Not sure about the John Robinson wagon still having the orginal roof and body. Maybe the Gentry Ticket wagon in the Hertzberg collection is also close.
I performed from 1973 to 1995 with a couple years off in between. I did an aerial cradle act for three years, low wire as a clown, trained llamas, ponies, then lions and tigers for 15 years. I am now a firefighter, a member of the Circus Historical Society and an author of several circus and carnival related subjects.
1 comment:
Not much from the orginal frame work is reused in these wagons. About the only wagons that are close to being 100% orginal were the Elephant Tab in Sarasota were it still has/had the copper roof still on it I think and maybe the John Robinson Calliope in Deardorn at the Ford Museum. Not sure about the John Robinson wagon still having the orginal roof and body. Maybe the Gentry Ticket wagon in the Hertzberg collection is also close.
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