In reading Fred's articxle about Charles Sparks and his circus wagons as found in the Bandwagon's May/June 2007 issue on page 5, this little wagon was on the Saprks Circus in the early 1900's, then went to Thomas Finn's Great Eastern Circus and then to Finn's Uncle Tom's show ( pictured here ) then passed on to Coop and Lent as seen in Fred's article.
The wagon was built by Sullivan and Eagle in Peru, Indiana.
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.
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Fred Dahlinger Jr. wrote to me this morning and mentioned this wagon spent some time on the Sparks Circus.
In reading Fred's articxle about Charles Sparks and his circus wagons as found in the Bandwagon's May/June 2007 issue on page 5, this little wagon was on the Saprks Circus in the early 1900's, then went to Thomas Finn's Great Eastern Circus and then to Finn's Uncle Tom's show ( pictured here ) then passed on to Coop and Lent as seen in Fred's article.
The wagon was built by Sullivan and Eagle in Peru, Indiana.
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