Sawdust and Spangles

The power of the internet never ceases to amaze me. I originally posted this in October of 2008. Last night, a lady contacted me answering...

I've spoken of the Conover collection many times and will probably continue to do so as I slowly get through it one negative and photo...

The 1913 Gollmar Bros. Circus is preserved on film in the Conover collection's Set # 296. There is a fine set of parade photos in the ...

The 2013 CHS Convention returns to its roots in Peru, Indiana this year. Peru was the host city for the very first Circus Historical Socie...

Barnum's Kaleidoscape was a tented venture of the Feld corporation from 1998 to 2000. The one thing that really grapped my attention ...

The Sun Bros. ( Pete, Gus and George ) owned and operated their circus from 1892 to 1918. Richard Conover was fortunate enough to obtai...

( This is Wm. P. Hall, his wife Sadie and his two daughters, Sidney and Wilma. The photo is courtesy of the Schuyler County Historical So...

This is the back of the # 6 showing below that was produced for the Circus World Museum. It gives a brief history of this fine and enduri...

This is a grand photo in the Conover photo collection that shows what the Orchestmelachor wagon looked like when it was originally crafted...

This P.M. McClintock photo captured the Orchestmelachor wagon on the Chrusty Bros. Circus in 1925 while in Butte, Montana.

Here's the Orchestmelachor wagon coming off of the runs on the Ken Maynard Wild West show in Van Nuys, CA. on May 2, 1936.

This photo was taken in 1953 at the Bradley and Kaye Kiddieland out near Los Angeles, CA.

Restored to its finest once again, this grand wagon now calls the Circus World Museum, home!

Here is a good example of how an artist's work was used over and over again with a slight change to make the poster a little bit differ...

The same tiger in a different look with a different title.

This is a real beauty on the red background.

This design was used on their program covers as well as the poster.

You've heard about and you may have seen some of it before! The Richard and Albert Conover Photographic Collection! The Circu...

I have no idea what all happened last night but the server is working again and my website is on-line again. I'm glad I'm not in ...

Well, today has became a nightmare from I don't know where. It seems that my website host, Bluehost, has crashed. MY website and gosh ...