Memorial Day

| May 28, 2012

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Circus Elephants

| May 1, 2012

This act has me in a quandary. I think the show is the Rudy Bros show,  sometime in the early 1960’s. I need a little help on this one too. Last moment thought could this be the……….. Vidbel elephant act?

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Elmer Hogan #2

| April 19, 2012

Elmer Hogan was a close friend of Allen King. Allen was a pretty popular person not just because of his being a circus lion trainer. He was personable and enjoyed meeting others who were from a different walk of life.

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Charles Bentley Circus

| April 19, 2012

Bentley Bros Circus 1884. Charles Bentley is standing near the front of the band wagon. There is no relationship to Tommy Bentley that I know of. Tommy was first generation only.

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Columbia Band Wagon

| April 19, 2012

I was very lucky to get this photo. The negative was in ruin. I have no date nor the circus it was on.

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Aerial Performers

| April 19, 2012

Perhaps someone will recognize these two handsome aerial performers.

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Carl “POP” Haussman?

| April 16, 2012

I found this photo, along with other circus photos, with his name on the Al G. Kelly Miller. I am hoping that another circus fan will confirm or not.

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Joe Lugar Circus #1

| April 14, 2012

  I have no date on this photo. It it was probably taken in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. I only have two photos of this band wagon: this shot and a close up. John Polacsek made an informative comment. Thank you for your help. IVAN

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Joe Luga Circus #2

| April 14, 2012

Close up of  band wagon. Who ever shot this photo did a close up…. I used my photo shop to clean it up as best I could. These are the only two photos I have of the Luga Circus.

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Hippo Den

| April 9, 2012

This hippo den was owned by The Great Wallace Circus. It was made by Sullivan & Eagle Works Peru, Indiana in the very early 1900’s. This photo came from the Bob Cline collection… Thanks Bob.

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