The Ericksons
thecircusblog | August 25, 2009
This photo was taken sometime in the early 1950’s. They too were on the Siebrand circus.
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The Hodginis
thecircusblog | August 25, 2009
This photo was taken in 1950 or 1951. Some of these photos came from the Donita Roche collection. She and her husband “Poncho” Frank Roche are both deceased now. The photo’s then went to Dorothy Carson of the Royal Rockets skating act. They were also on the Siebrand circus. Now I have them for the circus blog…. thank […]
Hike and Pete Siebrand Visionaries
thecircusblog | August 23, 2009
From left to right Hike and Pete Siebrand. Photo was taken by Wade Cavanaugh of the Arizona Republic , Phoenix, AZ. Photo was shot in the early 1950’s. This was a publicity shot for the show. The Rivalry of the Circus and Carnival. Siebrand Bros started their show with a merry go round in […]
The Zavattas
thecircusblog | August 23, 2009
Monte and his father Oglie 1959, Siebrand Bros circus. The Zavatta Family were with the Siebrand circus two or three seasons. They had two acts…. a comedy unsupported ladder and a dog act. The dog act was quite different than other dog acts. Oglie was a self taught electronic genius. He put his talent to work by […]
CoCo and Grace Fairburns
thecircusblog | August 23, 2009
How I remember the two of them! It seemed to me that they were funnier out of makeup than in. Gracie was constantly yelling at CoCo. She had to because he was very hard of hearing to the point of almost being deaf or maybe he just didn’t want to hear what Grace was saying to him. It was comedy […]
Harry Ross
thecircusblog | August 18, 2009
The best friend you could have.There wasn’t anything that he wouldn’t do for a fellow performer. Harry worked in theater variety and vaudeville shows thoughout the country. His act was one of a kind as you can see in his flyer. His partner was a little dog that he trained to follow him up and down on this A […]
Ross and Pal
thecircusblog | August 18, 2009
Harry Ross as Mop Head the clown. We never called him Harry, he was Rossy to all who knew him. On the Siebrand circus all the performers set up and tore down the show. The show ladies were excluded not because it was hard work ….it just wasn’t necessary. When we took a brake, Rossy would […]
Entertaining the WWII Vets
thecircusblog | August 18, 2009
Gracie Fairburns and Harry Ross doing a hospital show in Phoenix, AZ. 1951. If you look carefully you can see Rossy’s head between two patients. Middle row right.
Siebrand Midway
thecircusblog | August 18, 2009
This photo was taken in Globe, AZ. in 1950. The show played near the copper mine smelters. The camera shutter coincides with the pouring of the slag…..see top right corner. Each night when this would take place, it seemed like it would almost pour into the edge of the lot. This molten slag is just starting to pour in this […]
Siebrand Bros Circus
thecircusblog | August 12, 2009
North Platte, Nebraska in the earlyor late 1949 or 1950’s. I am hoping Buckles Woodcock will give me some information about this photo. Up date 8/23/09 This photo is the Miller elephants Siebrand Bros Circus. Up date 8/ 27/09 from Judy Jacobs these are the parents of Buckles Woodcock, Babe and W.H.Woodcock.
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