Tail Up….Trunk Up
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
This elephant photo was in Bill Capell’s collection of photos. It looks like the photo was taken in a zoo barn, who knows where? I posted it just because.
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Bill, Ivan & Jimmy
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
I think it was one of our birthdays. It really didn’t take much for us to get together. Any excuse would do. There was always “jack pots” to go over. Photo taken 2005. Bill Capell, Ivan Henry and Jimmy Carter. Read comment below.
Home Made Trailers
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
This is a home made semi-trailer built from the ground up. Most likely Doc and his sons built it. Many of these trailers were used for the working men on the circus. Capell Bros Circus early 1950’s.
Home Made Trailers
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
I don’t know who owned this trailer…. most likely i t was Doc and Mayme’s. This is a good example of a military trailer bus conversion to a house trailer. Capell Bros Circus early 1950’s.
Capell Bros Calliope Wagon
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
Doc Capell’s calliope did not run on steam. They used compressed air. A small gas engine combined with an air compressor did what was needed to operate the calliope. The calliope was like that of a band organ as it played on its own. One person would change the music paper roll. Each roll had […]
Dorothy Capell
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
Dorothy Capell did Spanish web and swinging ladder on Capell Bros Circus. Like all ladies of the circus she worked where ever she was needed from the popcorn wagon to selling tickets.
Stake Driver
thecircusblog | February 17, 2010
I don’t know who invented the stake driver or when, but it sure helped the circus set up much faster. The stake driver could drive steel or wooden stakes. Steel was used for hard ground, wooden was use for loose or muddy earth. the wood stake was much thicker, made from oak and had a […]
Canvas Semi
thecircusblog | February 8, 2010
Quite often I will use the word “wagon”…. it is something you go up with. In the old days, the circus had wagons pulled by horses. Even now when referring to a modern truck and trailer semi ….the semi is still will be called a wagon. The cook house really isn’t a house its a tent or a pie car. Hard […]
The Capell Bros.
thecircusblog | February 5, 2010
The young Capell brothers all were born and raised in the circus business and all became fine showmen.
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