Posted By thecircusblog on July 14, 2012
Jungleland 1 Jungleland 2
In the mid-1960’s Roy Kabit came up with an idea for those with a sight impairment. He created, “The Sounds of Jungleland.” For those who couldn’t visit Disneyland by sight, he made it possiblecould by listening to the narrator and the different animals of Jungleland. This was a first, to help those with this type of handicap.
(To listen to The Sounds of Jungeland, please click on the files above; “Jungleland 1” and “Jungleland 2”) Special thanks to Randy Runyon, who donated these wonderful sounds of Jungleland, for The Circus Blog
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Posted By thecircusblog on July 14, 2012
Ward Hall doing his Bally first, then into the pitch.
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Many of Ward Hall’s banners had somewhat of a cartoon attitude to them. I always liked that and I bet that the on lookers did too. This banner is called “Nail Head.”
Carol Phillips has a question on who the banner artist may be.
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Posted By thecircusblog on July 14, 2012
My grandfather built a small side show on his circus. The Gorilla Girl was an illusion and was the main feature of the show. That all ended abruptly while traveling to their next town…A new teamster on the sideshow wagon and a rough trail, caused the large clear glass pane and the mirror used for the Gorilla illusion to break…..No more “Gorilla Girl” 1901…I just reminded myself of a question that was asked of me awhile ago. How many miles could a mud show travel in one day? It is a hard question to answer because there were very few paved roads from town to town in those days. Most roads then were a single dirt trail with wheel ruts. Circus wagons on a good day and trail could do about 15 to 20 miles in a full day. Automobiles in those times could do about 25 to 35 miles. What would slow up a mud show was the herding of hoof stock and larger animals. They would graze along the way and would cause the mileage to drop sharply. My father told me that often they would be a day or a day and a haft behind the wagons. It was absolutely important to make every jump as small as possible.
Hi James. Thank you for your comment.
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In this photo Ward is playing trumpet with World of Wonders Bally Band. Sept 1- 2009, MN State Fair.
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This photo is from the Ward Hall collection. I am sure the lady and the children are with the circus, but there names are unknown to me.
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