Sells & Floto Circus
thecircusblog | June 30, 2010
The ladies and clowns of the Sells Floto Circus. Photo taken at South Ozone Park, New York. 1932.
thecircusblog | June 30, 2010
The ladies and clowns of the Sells Floto Circus. Photo taken at South Ozone Park, New York. 1932.
thecircusblog | May 29, 2010
From left to right: the Schwarz Trio, the Hobson family and the Hodgini family. This photo was taken June 20,1931 in Patterson, New Jersey. It’s a great picture of a great group of performers. I want to thank Michael for contributing this photo to the circus blog. I have no knowledge of the names of the […]
thecircusblog | January 10, 2010
He loved show business and it loved him, What a great guy. FAY ALEXANDER
thecircusblog | December 26, 2009
From left to right: Dave Slusser & Eddy Spaghetti. The other two clowns their names unknown to me. This photo was taken on the Big John Strong circus, in the early 1960’s. This photo was provided by Ken Slusser whose father Chester Slusser was a well known circus fan who lived in centeral CA in a little town […]
thecircusblog | December 20, 2009
To know this man was to learn kindness, humor and humility. A fine circus man and human being.
thecircusblog | December 20, 2009
A legend …most likely one of the greatest circus clowns of his time. He created his own image and because of shear respect for him no one has copied it. He spent most of his career with Ringling Bros and he was one of the stars in the show you waited to see. In my opinion the […]
thecircusblog | October 21, 2009
This is a photo of Cleo in Clown drag. There were many wardrobe changes with the circus clowns. Cleo used this costume for his clown walk-around. Photo taken on the Clyde Beatty circus 1949 or 1950.
thecircusblog | September 2, 2009
Bob Emrico behind the camera. The other two clowns ……their names I do not know. I do know this routine was funny because Bob would change the standard camera gag and make it his own. His ad-libs were unbelievable, I think he missed his calling..he should have been a comedy writer. Between Bob Emrico, Harry Ross, […]