"There's no Business like Show Business". This is an opportunity to share and present Circus History with others.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Where are they now?
The oldest known show business flatcar still in existance sits outside the train sheds at Circus World Museum. This straight sided flat dates back to the Mighty Sheesley Shows, eventually on Cetlin and Wilson, bought by Royal American Shows, loaned to Circus World Museum in 1971 and eventually donated to the Circus World Museum by the Sedlmayr family.
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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