Unknown Balancer
Posted By thecircusblog on October 12, 2011
I have seen this trick done before but never while on a head balancing trapeze bar. Doc Capell photo collection.
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Conchita
Posted By thecircusblog on October 12, 2011
Conchita was known as the “Iron Jaw Marvel”. She may have been with the Doc Capell Circus. This photo was found in the Capell collection.
Bonnie Fuller
Posted By thecircusblog on October 12, 2011
Bonnie performed on the Doc Capell Circus, photo taken in 1950.
Lotus & Berry
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
Wallace Berry is in awe when Lotus opens wide. The photo was taken in the back yard of the Al. G. Barnes Circus when they were playing Los Angeles. The strap on her upper jaw had a two fold purpose. One was to cue her to open her mouth , the other was to lead her. It is true that Wallace Berry worked in the circus. As it was told to me, Wallace Berry ran away from home and joined the Ringling Bros Circus in or around 1902, He was at the age of 16 or 17 years old? Berry stayed with the show for a few seasons and left because of a mishap with a leopard, where by he was badly clawed. Berry was never an elephant trainer as many say. He did work with the elephants but only in the capacity as an assistant to other trainers. Wallace was very proud of his time he spent in the circus and at every opportunity he would visit whatever circus came in his path.
CIrcus Ad For Tobacco
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
At the time that Terrell and Antoinette did this ad I am quite sure they did not know the serious consequences of smoking. All I ever knew is that smoking would make you “a little short of breath,” WRONG! This is an actual ad that ran in the National Weekly. The date of the ad is not known to me but it was in the in the mid or late 1930’s.
Clyde Beatty Poster
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
This a photo of a poster that I have. It is very large and had been folded in order to send it to me for the circus blog. The date it was used is unknown to me but I am guessing late 1940’s and maybe into the 1950’s.
Allen King
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
In 1924 Allen King started his career with Gollmar Bros Circus. Later he went to the Sells & Floto Circus with his lion act. This portrait shot of him was taken from an article in Popular Mechanics Magazine titled “How to create a fighting act”. Please don’t ask me how or why it got into it. It is a fact.
Show Kids
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
Vernis Attabery and her daughter and with the little blond on the right, Kandra Craig. Photo taken on the Gil Gray Circus.
Gil Gray Circus 1932
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
Pete and Bob ?…..their last names are unknown to me. Both were part of clown alley on Gil’s circus.
Oscar Konyot
Posted By thecircusblog on October 10, 2011
Photo taken during a performance of Oscar Konyot …..1953 Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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