Sawdust and Spangles

The Fall of 2007 outside the CWM train sheds.

The History of Flatcar # 8. This flatcar is 70’ long and was originally built by the Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company sometime betw...

The 2009 Circus season will be fantastic in Wisconsin this year. Kicking things off is the great Winter Mixer on Jan. 17th. ( There is an e...

With Barney Corey as a new owner came a dramatic difference in the paint schemes. many contributed this to Mrs. Corey. You'll see a big ...

This was taken in 1966 in Richmond. The White and Blue trucks with the red stripe were the old Post Office vans they bought. They were so l...

This was an ad in Amusement Business.

A Vital show expense was the Rail costs to move the show.

The Cetlin and Wilson Shows came to a lackluster end in Savannah, Ga. in 1968. Amazingly, the West Virginia State Fair still advertised them...

If you have any interest in Carnivals, you may want to visit Dick Dykes Blog. He has one of the finest groups of color photos from the Cetli...

Have you seen Dick Dykes blog today? He has an amazing assortment of Cetlin & Wilson Shows photos to see. Try this. http://dick-dykes.b...

Having documented the routes as much as possible, this poster would have been used in 1952. ( I found this for sale on eBay a couple years a...

Jack Wilson and Izzy Cetlin teamed up to own and operate one of the largest railroad carnivals in this country for years. I had the great p...