The Circus Cook House
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
Edgar Bucks cook house …… a very important part of any circus. The cook house tent where all the show people eat is on the other side of the semi. Note: The horse is not on the menu.
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
Edgar Bucks cook house …… a very important part of any circus. The cook house tent where all the show people eat is on the other side of the semi. Note: The horse is not on the menu.
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
SEE… This Monster comes from the South America rain forest and it lives it’s entire life upside down. Can you guess what it is? You are right Bob. Please read comment.
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
This truck and trailer hauedl all the rolls of the big top and side wall. The tent canvas was rolled in sections making it lighter and easier to handle. Some of the bigger circuses had spool trailers that would roll the canvas up mechanically. This was faster but one would have to be careful because of […]
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
Quite often the circuses would day and date each other ( two shows playing the same date in the same town). This sometimes could be a serious jackpot. To tell you the truth I don’t know how this turned out. On the back of this photo it was written Capell and Buck day and […]
thecircusblog | March 30, 2010
A back yard photo was very important, you find that out in later years. It seems that there was never enough time to take a picture of yourself with your animals. If it was not for the circus fan, a visitor or a reporter from the newspaper most great photos might never been shot. As for my act, we only had professional […]