Gil Gray Circus Ad

| December 21, 2010

 

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Gil Gray Circus Parade

| December 21, 2010

  This was the Cinderella Float drawn by eight chestnut ponies.  The man at the reins really had to know how to handle an 8 up especially ponies as they can be jug heads at times. This is something I would have enjoyed seeing. My Uncle Max and another man built the floats and wagons […]

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Lining Up for Spec

| December 21, 2010

                                Gil Gray’s boat float…………. Just a little play on words.

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Gil Gray Shrine Circus

| December 20, 2010

                                                              The grand circus spec.

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Gil Gray Circus

| December 20, 2010

  Gil Gray took from the passed and brought the old time circus parade into the future or at least into his time. He not only was a circus owner he was also a circus fan…that’s what made him a great showman. He loved his profession.

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Gil Gray Circus Parade

| December 20, 2010

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Gil Gray Circus

| December 20, 2010

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Kamel Kiss

| December 20, 2010

  Aksel Enger getting a little smooch from one of the Gil Gray circus Camels.

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Pete & Petrova #1

| December 20, 2010

  Wonderful People to know. They presented to the arena a fine aerial act. The last time I worked with them was on the Hubert Castle show in the early 1960’s.

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Pete and Petrova #2

| December 20, 2010

Patrova performed a ring routine on a shoulder held perch. I believe this is their daughter on the left in the photo.

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