Hollywood K9s
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
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Bertha Henry Conner
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
Bertha and her Hollywood K9s. A little side note. My grandmother Mable Chase Fairbanks Henry and Bertha had a home in El Monte. Calif. They bought the home soon after J.E. Henry’s death in 1945. Bertha watched over Mable Henry as she was failing. In 1949 My parents bought the house next door. It made […]
Hollywood K9s
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
Bertha’s dog act. There is not a Henry that didn’t have a dog act or a pony act, among all of the other acts that they had. I guess it comes from the old style Dog and Pony circus.
Hollywood K9s
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
The Conner Family
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
Bertha , Al and Jimmy Conner.Photo taken just before their performance of their wire act. This act was only one of four other acts that Al and Bertha did.
Al Conner
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
When you were not working the center ring , you were center stage in a night club. 1941.
Arthur Henry
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
I have a feeling that this photo may be his marriage photo. 1927? This is the first time I have ever seen a picture of “a young Uncle Arthur”. I only knew him when he was much older. Thanks to distant cousin Mike Pilla. for sending it to me.
Arthur “Bum” Henry
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
This photo of Bum , his nick name, was taken in 1955? It looks like he had his little dog and pony show at an amusement park. After my grandfather closed Henry Bros in the early 1940’s, each of my uncles went there own separate ways. They put together their own circuses or went with […]
Al Conner
thecircusblog | September 14, 2013
Al made his act different than others of his kind. He did several tricks on a wagon wheel as seen here in the photo. In 1950 AL was teaching me this act with the wagon wheel. I was suprised by the amount of tricks one could do. It was not easy to learn and I […]
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