Hagenbeck & Wallace Circus

| July 5, 2010

The cover of their program says it all. The artist for this cover was Roland Butler.                                                         Read comment below.

Share

Hagenbeck & Wallace

| July 5, 2010

Share

Hagenbeck & Wallace

| June 14, 2010

Share

Hagenbeck & Wallace

| June 14, 2010

Share

Clyde Beatty on Hagenbeck & Wallace

| May 29, 2010

Clyde Beatty in the arena on the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus. This photo was shot in 1928.

Share

Clyde Beatty 1930

| May 29, 2010

Hagenbeck & Wallace winter quarters in Peru, Indiana 1930. It is said that Clyde would never lay off for any amount of time, maybe a day or two . He was always in practice with his cats if he was not doing shows or publicity shots.

Share

Clyde Beatty

| May 10, 2010

This was a publicity shot for Clyde Beatty’s appearance with Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1932. He only appeared just for the New York Madison Square Garden date. After his engagement he would return to Hagenbeck & Wallace Show.  Beatty appeared two more times with R B,B and B 1933, 1934.  As time […]

Share

The Young Clyde Beatty

| May 10, 2010

This is a very early photo of Clyde Beatty.  It was taken in 1926 0n the Hagenbeck & Wallace circus owned by the American Circus Corp…. Bert Bowers and Jerry Mugivan. In 1928 the show was sold to John Ringling. Actually the following is  is a little known fact. There was a dispute between Ringling […]

Share

Hagenbeck& Wallace 1931

| February 8, 2010

Cover  of the circus program.

Share

Cheerful Gardner

| January 31, 2010

Jack Badal sent me this photo of Cheerful.  The photo was taken in the back yard of the Hagenbeck & Wallace Circus in 1931. I took the photo into Office Depot to have it reduced smaller so I could scan it better for the circus blog. I handed it to a young lady and explained what I needed her […]

Share