Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Mud Shows 1890 to 1930


I finally finished another Circus Scrapbook about Mud Shows from the 1890's to about 1930. There are 149 photos of some shows I have never heard of. There's a real nice set of Honest Bill and Lucky Bill combined, Tompkins Wild West, some Rose Killian, Heber Bros. Rippel show, and lot's more. I have them for sale on my website at http://www.thecircusworld.com

Mud Shows 1890 to 1930


The Rose Killian Show.

Mud Shows 1890 to 1930


Mud Shows 1890 to 1930


This was a wagon show that played Michigan and Indiana.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Five Sumatran elephants

AFP/File – A baby elephant, seen here with his mother at a Safari Park in Indonesia.
Five dead elephants believed poisoned in Indonesia
JAKARTA (AFP) – Five rare Sumatran elephants found dead in Indonesia were likely poisoned for damaging crops, according to an official.
The elephants, aged two to four years old, were found dead in an oil-palm plantation in a village in Riau province on Sumatra island on Friday, conservation agency official Edi Susanto said.
"Preliminary medical checks indicated that the elephants could have died from sulphur poisoning. We're still investigating," he said.
"We suspect villagers killed them using poison for wild boars as the elephants had damaged their crops. We're chasing the perpetrators," he added.
Human-animal conflicts are a rising problem as people encroach on wildlife habitats in Indonesia, an archipelago with some of the world's largest remaining tropical forests.
There are up to 3,350 Sumatran elephants remaining in the wild, according to the environmental group WWF

Saturday, November 27, 2010

RBBB 1940

What a Fantastic sight!

RBBB 1940

You can see they were lucky enough to have the train right beside the lot.

RBBB 1940

The elephant stake line.

RBBB 1940

Compared to the man standing there, it looks like the sidepoles on the cookhouse were only about 7 foot tall.

RBBB 1940

RBBB taken in Atlanta, GA. in 1940.

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanks be to GOD!

Happy Thanksgiving

May you all have an abundance of joy, health and happiness with those that are near and dear to your hearts!

Happy Thanksgiving

Coming soon to a house near you!

Monday, November 22, 2010

1917 Ringling Bros. courier


This beautiful courier has a full color image on front and back. I'm offering this for sale on eBay this week. I sell under the name of tigeract.

1901 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Circus

This brilliant courier is over 100 years old now. I'm offering it on eBay this week with it ending on Sunday. I use tigeract as my eBay seller's name.

1906 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Circus

This interesting photo shows some of the beautifully carved cages ready for parade. This was in my uncle's scrapbook and is stamped on the back Kobel's Frankfort, IN.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Exciting New Project


With so many Circus photos to offer, Descriptions and details of the albums can be found on my website at http://www.thecircusworld.com Look for the Circus Scrapbooks page.

Exciting New Project

While this will be a huge undertaking and well worth it to all in the end, I've had a lot of fun creating the labels to accompany these CD's as well.

Friday, November 19, 2010

What's in them?


This is a George Piercy photo from 1900 as found in Circus Album # 52.

What's in them?

Here's the Heritage Bros. Circus loaded on a ferry in 1926. This is one of the photos in Circus Album # 41.

What's in them?


Here's one of the Sparks Circus unloading from Circus Album # 38.

What's in them?

This is one of the photos that shows the Christy Bros. bannerline. as found in Circus Album # 81.

Where's Bob been?

Hello again. I've had a couple inquiries as to what have you been doing, why aren't you posting anything?

Well...... I've been busy. I came up with the brilliant idea that all these scrapbooks need to be digitized and shared, not just sitting on a shelf. So I have started scanning each and every page and identifying every picture that I can. Some aren't marked at all. Some are obviously photos of a photo. Collected over 50 some years and put in these scrapbooks, you'll find photos taken by my family as well as photos from Wm. Koford, Dick Conover, the Pfening archives, P.M. McClintock, Don Smith and others. There are over 50 scrapbooks. I've got 7 of them done so far.

In order to share these for their circus historical value, I have started putting them on my website at http://www.thecircusworld.com/ and I'll have an ad in the Bandwagon for them. I'm absolutely certain, you will be delighted with them.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

From Jim Elliott

The Ringling / Barnum train had all 19 flatcars derailed in the Detroit area as the were trying to assemble the train. Each flatcar has to have all the wheels replaced befoe they can be moved. The coaches and animals cars arrived safely in Tampa last night. The Flats are expected by Sunday evening.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

CWM Macks

We are enjoying a few more of Marv Gauger's photos again today. This one was taken on August 7, 1983.

CWM Macks


Having been given to the CWM by Royal American, she was a real workhorse.

CWM Macks


Its hard to imagine nowadays that there was Black and White film let alone just 15 years ago.

CWM Macks

If I remember correctly, the White Mack has no Circus history. It came from the City of Chicago Water works.

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus

Here's three items of interest that the Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus gave to the Circus World Museum. These photos are part of the Marv Gauger albums. Do these units even still exist?

Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus


Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus