The Route Card

| September 13, 2010

Don’t you wish you had all those route cards that you through away……. I do.  Of all that I have had I can now only find a few.

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Clyde Beatty and Friends

| August 31, 2010

This is a very rare photo. From left to right:  Clyde Beatty, Emmett Kelly, his daughter Stasia Kelly, Bill Pringle, Evi Kelly, and Monika Kelly.  Photo taken June 6, 1961 at College Park, Maryland.

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Cole Bros Circus #6

| July 16, 2010

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Cole Bros Circus #11

| July 16, 2010

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Clyde Beatty

| July 5, 2010

Beatty on the Hagenbeck Circus, 1928. This is an outdoor shot most likely at winter quarters.

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Clyde Beatty & Wallace Bros

| July 5, 2010

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Clyde Beatty Circus Poster

| July 5, 2010

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Clyde Beatty at Show Time

| June 30, 2010

A fast shot just before an afternoon performance.  Photo taken on the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus, 1931.

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Clyde and Albert

| June 14, 2010

A concerned Clyde Beatty stands by his friend Albert Fleet in the emergency room. During Albert’s act, “Mick”, a large male chimp attacked him and mauled his right hand and ultimately he lost some fingers.  All great ape trainers know this can happen and I myself was always on guard. Chimps can be double trouble… […]

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“Just a Little off the Top Please”

| June 14, 2010

Photo was found in an old mid 1960 Clyde Beatty Cole Bros program.

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