Friday, September 23, 2011

Cole Bros. Circus Stakedriver

This is from the 1946 season. Notice the changes between this photo and the next one three years later.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bob- The correct date on this photo should be 1939, not 1946. The "C" over the "9" is the distinguishing mark. Im 1939 the Cole title on this wagon was simply CB over the 90. This can be evidenced by the Frank Farrell photo in BWMJ1967 pp.28. This wagon is actually the original (rebuilt) unit that was purchased from the 101 Ranch show by Adkins & Terrell for the "new" 1935 Cole Bros. outfit. This wagon was lost in the dramatic Rochester winterquarters fir in February 1940. Most interesting note in this photo is the crosswise mounted gasoline engine in the middle of the wagon This was NOT used to power the drivers- that duty was performed by the "hit & miss" engine mounted in the front of the wagon. That inline cylinder gas engine starts showing up around 1937. It's felt that it was used at the runs to provide electric lighting for the night load outs.
Flint

7:01 PM
Bob Cline said...

Thanks for the great piece of accurate information. It's interesting to see what is written on photos vs. actual facts.
Bob

7:32 PM

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