Cole Bros Circus

| December 1, 2011

On the far left is Eugene “Arky” Scott. Arky was the superintendent for the Cole Bros menagerie. Year of this photo 1937.

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Great Circus Days 1937 Poster

| November 26, 2011

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Great Circus Days 1937 #2

| November 26, 2011

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Great Circus Days 1937 #3

| November 26, 2011

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Cole Bros Circus

| November 26, 2011

This ad was used for the season of 1953.

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Cole Bros Circus

| September 18, 2011

A program cover from 1938.  Ken Maynard, a cowboy movie star was featured on the show during this time. It was very common for many of the larger circuses to have Western celebrities as an extra draw.  The next post will be of Ken Maynard…….. I want to thank Jackie Knupp for the program cover.

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Ken Maynard

| September 18, 2011

Ken Maynard was featured on the Cole Bros Circus in 1936 or 1937…… it may have been both seasons?

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Beatty’s Bear

| October 4, 2010

This photo of Clyde Beatty was taken in 1923 on the John Robinson Circus. At that time he was working a bear act and mixed group of lions, tigers, leopards and pumas.

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The Route Card

| September 13, 2010

Don’t you wish you had all those route cards that you through away……. I do.  Of all that I have had I can now only find a few.

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Zack Terrell Cole Bros Circus

| September 13, 2010

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