thecircusblog | March 11, 2009
Henry Bros. Circus 1975. Pictured here are Solon, Gabriel and Shorty. Shorty was our baby male elephant and these three “boys” got along very well. In 1976 Solon, my oldest boy was working Shorty. When Gabe was a little older his interest was with the baby chimps.
thecircusblog | February 23, 2009
Max and Greti were considered part of the Henry family. We were very close knit and shared in food and in hard times even money. I called him Uncle Max, that’s what he wanted. I remember him with his deep voice telling me about himself and the rest of my Uncles …….some pretty good stuff. I will […]
thecircusblog | February 20, 2009
My uncle Glen was a master on the rolling globe as were all of the Henry family. It was one of first act we learned as children. Deeper into this circusblog under the J.E .Henry category, there are photos of the young Henry boys. In this picture Glen is spinning three ropes. This trick looks […]
thecircusblog | February 2, 2009
This photo was taken in the late 60′. The young boy with my Dad is Dave Knupp Jr. Dad was semi-retired and did a lot of visiting different shows and performers. I never knew of my Dad having an enemy. He was always lending a helping hand to someone. He was also an expert at repairing […]
thecircusblog | January 11, 2009
There is a very special place in my heart for this elephant, as I grew up with her along with Vera and Dutch. When I was just a little kid, I would sneak out of our caravan and go the menagerie where the animals were kept. I would find Babe and Dutch and curl up […]
thecircusblog | December 6, 2008
1978, Ratoone, NM. Henry Bros circus, We were just getting ready for a performance when a newspaper reporter tried to take a picture of Shorty. Every time he would begin to take a picture, Shorty would nuzzle his forehead. Thus the above picture.
thecircusblog | December 5, 2008
I think all circus performers should belong to this society, after all are not we a society of performers and more over we have to support and protect our history.
thecircusblog | December 2, 2008
Fred Reid was Henry Bros. ringmaster for two seasons in the late 1970’s. He also was the Phoenix, AZ Circus Fans Representative and greeted every circus that came into town.
thecircusblog | October 7, 2008
Mickey, the high diving dog, she closed my mother’s dog act. This trick was only used where there was enough height to put up the pegged ladder. For those concerned, there was never an accident. Mickey lived to be 17 years old. Dad retired her at 14.
