thecircusblog | August 1, 2011
Siebrand Bros circus mid 1950’s. Tina Schittona, I was told, lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. When I knew her back in the 50’s she was one fine performer. This photo taken in Butte, Montana. You will most likely note many of the Siebrand photos were shot in Butte, Montana because their photographer lived in Butte. […]
thecircusblog | July 24, 2011
The major ride ticket on the Siebrand show in the 1940,s was 15 and 20 cents. In the 1950’s it went to 25 cents and kiddie rides were at 15 cents. A average load of people on a Tilt A Whirl would gross about eight dollars every 15 minutes, maybe ten jam up. Time was […]
thecircusblog | July 24, 2011
Eddie Hendricks spots his wife Helene. Siebrand Bros Circus 1955. Read the comment, By Lee Stevens
thecircusblog | July 23, 2011
Butte, Montana, in the early 1950’s. Sitting on the running board of the pick up truck in the right side of this photo is P.W. Siebrand. Now the Siebrands did have a very plush office but Pete loved to watch the tip. He would spend his afternoons walking around the midway. Quite often you could […]
thecircusblog | July 17, 2011
The Boise, Idaho, State Fair was one of the top fairs for the Siebrand show. Spring and the summer spots were good too mainly because the show advertised with paper and radio, but the fairs at the beginning of fall were the get well spots. We played 12 to 14 fairs per season and our […]
thecircusblog | July 17, 2011
This photo was shot looking toward the front of the midway. The fact that there were two Farris Wheels tells me that the show was playing a fair. The Farris Wheels acted as a entrance to the carnival from the independent midway.
thecircusblog | July 17, 2011
This performers name is unknown to me but the photo was taken in the early 1950’s.
