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The Woodcock Story
thecircusblog | August 10, 2009
H.W.Woodcock braking in a new trick. Photo taken early 1950’s on the Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros Circus. Dorie Miller co-owner.
Vargas Elephants
thecircusblog | July 18, 2009
There was more than one elephant in the Vargas circus although this is the only picture I could come up with. Cliff Vargas had a great imagination and he put it to work in his circus. I am quoting my father Clifford Henry. In this photo is Ted Polk who trained and worked the elephants. Darlene L. Williams has made an […]
Jungleland Animals
thecircusblog | June 14, 2009
Little Bimbo with one of the Henry Tyndall chimps. Henry had a repore with chimps, the like of which I have not seen since. His ques were all silent and he perfected this method in his motion picture work. It was necessary be to be quiet while shooting a scene. At the compound he worked his act the same way so […]
Gibbs Trained Elephants
thecircusblog | May 26, 2009
I never met or worked with Bobby Gibbs, but my cousin Gary Henry and his wife Zoeanna said that he was a great guy and that’s enough for me. I found this picture in my collection of photos so I published it for you to see. Perhaps one of these days I will have the opportunity […]
Eloise Berchtold Presents Koa
thecircusblog | April 7, 2009
The favorite elephant in the circuses and zoos was always the Asian Elephant. There were a few Africans around until the embargo on Asian elephants started. The importation embargo of the Asian elephant began in the 1960’s and is still in effect to this day. The African elephant became the 0ne you could import to this country. My feelings are mixed as […]
Eloise and Koa
thecircusblog | April 7, 2009
Eloise Berchtold was the owner and trainer of the African elephant name Koa. I must say that she did a magnificent job. I first met her when she had her Bear and her cat acts in the mid 1960’s. It indeed was a strong arena act and the polar bears were worked on lunge lines. It was a very different […]
Slim Lewis & Ziggy
thecircusblog | April 7, 2009
This photo was taken at the Brookfield Zoo in 1940 or 1941. The male elephant’s name is Ziggy. As you can see here, Slim is in a tight spot but he manages to get away unhurt. Bull elephants sometimes behave this way when they come into musk and you can get caught off guard pretty easily. Slim never had bad […]
The Head Carry
thecircusblog | March 31, 2009
Here is a perfect photo of the “head carry” performed by Cheerful Gardener in the backyard of the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus in the early 1930’s. There was the leg carry as well but it was preformed mostly by the women of the circus. In the 1950’s a motion picture called “Elephant Walk.” It was about a […]
Teddy
thecircusblog | March 25, 2009
Henry Clay was the trainer of Teddy. I got this photo from a friend of mine and it also came with an interesting story. This photo was taken in the 1930’s at William Hall’s compound in Lancaster, Mo. The purpose of the compound was to retrain elephants that had a bad attitude with people or other elephants. […]
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