"There's no Business like Show Business". This is an opportunity to share and present Circus History with others.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Barton & Bailey
This photo was taken in 1915. The Barton & Bailey show folded in Montana and Wm. P. Hall paid the freight to get it back to his farm. Incidentally, John Barton continued to pay his debt to Wm. P. Hall and a couple years later a note is found in the Wm. P. Hall papers at CWM that says his debt was paid in full.
That's not to say that other people didn't pay their debts, but Mr. Barton's note is the only one that still survives.
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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