Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
Cole Bros ticket wagon open for business. The circus sideshow banner line seen in back ground. 1936.
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Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
This was one of the posters used in 1937 by Cole Bros. It features “The Great Gretonas”.
Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
This was the Cole Bros horse bill board and at the bottom it read “Fearless & Daring”. On the right it features Jack Dempsey…………. The Closed Truck sign in front of the billboard may have been put there by the show to keep trucks from parking?
Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
In this photo is a Cole Bros elephant taking a cool drink of water. This water wagon was most likely mounted on a Mack truck flat bed. The water wagon was one of the most important items on any circus and never was allowed to be empty. Depending on the size of the tank it […]
Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
Cole Bros big top pole and cargo wagons. Photo taken on the lot 1936.
Cole Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 27, 2012
Cole Bros cargo and baggage wagons. Photo was taken at their winter quarters 1936.
Cole Bros Circus #2
thecircusblog | August 23, 2012
Cole Bros winter quarters 1936. After an enlargement of this photo I could read on the back door of this wagon “The Wonder Show”. Harry Kingston has an interesting comment……. Thanks Harry. Another comment made by Bob Cline.
Cole Bros Circus #3
thecircusblog | August 23, 2012
A flagmen stands most likely looking at his watch as all trains had to be on a precise time frame, right on the very minute. The flagmen even had special watches with a time lever to set the time. Travel times had nothing to do with the circus. The scheduling of circus trains departure and […]
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