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J.E. Henry Show

Posted By thecircusblog on April 28, 2012

Setting on the wagon is my grandmother Mable Chase Fairbanks Henry. By the looks of the photo and what I know of my grandmother, the date is near 1900? I believe the man on the bottom right is J.E. Henry. The three men on the left are not my uncles, the little boy near them is also an unknown. The first child to be born to the Henry’s was Bertha May Henry 1905.

I want to thank John Polacsek for sending this great photo of my family, also the letter heads.

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Clifford Henry

Posted By thecircusblog on April 28, 2012

I never knew this photo existed. I received a box of circus photos from Charles Clancy. The box contained the total Tommy Bentley Collection. In one of the albums is where I discovered my Dads photo. What a wonderful find. This photo was taken on the Rudy Bros Circus 1969. He had retried from the chimp act and was taken live easy but could not stay away from the circus. Not only being a fine performer and trainer, he as well was a master electrician. Rudy and others would ask Dad to fix their electrical problems as well to build new and better lighting and sound systems. I lost my Father in June 1977. I miss him even to this day. He was one of the greats………….He never had an enemy.

Thank you Carol for your loving comment. IVAN

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J.E. Henry #1

Posted By thecircusblog on April 28, 2012

This was J.E.’s first letter head. He started using these in 1915.

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J.E.Henry #2

Posted By thecircusblog on April 28, 2012

This one of grandfather’s letterheads. The lion and lady was in the center of this one. These letter heads were used as far back as 19i5 though the 1930’s. There were others types that J.E. used but as his family grew he would add another name to the letter head. I wish I could locate some of those, but the two you have seen were his best.

I thank John Polacsek for sending these copies from his collection.

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J.E.Henry #3

Posted By thecircusblog on April 28, 2012

This is what is known as a reader, not really an ad. This reader was put in the local paper along with other readers. It was an information column.