Riding Liberty Drill
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2008
Mark put togather an all girl liberty drill, the audiance loved it.
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Mark Smith
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2008
Mark Smith riding Wildfire. He did not do his act in the ring. Mark Paraded back and forth close to the audiance presenting various tricks. In this picture, they are warming up before the act.
Sky Eagle
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2008
I knew him as “Sky Eagle”. He was a close friend of my father, Cliff Henry. In the show his act consisted of archery….he was a dead shot with bow & arrow. His targets were balloons and smaller objects like crackers suspended on string. He would also sliced an arrow on an ax.
The Grand Entrance
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2008
Chet and Ivan Henry did the Grand Entrance. He was one of the top cowboys on the show. Ivan also rode in the stagecoach chase.
101 Wild West Show & Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on September 1, 2008
James L. Woods was the owner of the 101. He had several partners including Jack Wright, Frank Chicarelli, Cliff Henry and one of the younger Miller Bros. This show combined the wild west and circus acts to compete with the bigger circuses. It was successful in doing just that. Here is James or”Jimmy”as many called him standing near the office wagon. Bob and Ova Thorton took care of the office for the show.
Hal Silvers AKA Hubert Castle
Posted By thecircusblog on August 31, 2008
This is a picture of Hal Silvers who was a tight wire performer on my grandfather’s circus,” Henry Bros”. He later changed his name to Hubert Castle. In the 1960’s he started the Hubert Castle International Circus. How ever his real last name was Smith. Hal is his true first name, He thought Smith just wasn’t strong enough for a circus performer. He may have been right. This photos date is in the early 1930.
Frank Henry
Posted By thecircusblog on August 31, 2008
This is a picture of J.E. Henry’s youngest brother Frank Henry. He was not involved with the circus, but he had a son by the name of Hoyt. Hoyt Henry was a fine musician and played the trumpet with the circus for awhile. For most of his career, he played in Las Vegas as a band leader. He got his start at the Flamingo Hotel when it first opened in 1945.
Al Conners
Posted By thecircusblog on August 31, 2008
Al’s act was one of a kind. He balanced on a wagon wheel, juggled clubs & hoops, and also did a table rock. A table rock is placing one table on top of the other till you reach…in his act….7 high. Then a chair would be balanced on two legs on top of the tables as Al on the chair and rocked to and fro till they would fall for an exciting ending. He joined the show, married Bertha had one son named James. I never have seen another Wagon Wheel act other than his. When I was a child on the circus, Al was one of my juggling teachers. Conners was Al’s his stage name. His legal name last was Covert.
Bertha Henry
Posted By thecircusblog on August 31, 2008
Bertha was oldest of all J.E. Henry’s children . She performed “Iron Jaw” in the show. She also helped in the cook house. Later she was married to Al Conners.
Monkey Show
Posted By thecircusblog on August 31, 2008
Attractions like this one would sometimes join the J.E Henry show and would become part of his midway. The center banner reads Masons Natureland
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