thecircusblog | March 22, 2012
Left, right and front was the canvas covered seating area. The seating was the same as circus seating made out of plank boards, stringers and jacks, at the height of about six feet. As seen here, there was a net barrier between the audience and arena. The back side wall is where the performers entered, […]
thecircusblog | March 17, 2012
Joe Metcalf stands on the left of this photo with Jenny, one of the zoo elephants. Before the Luna Park Zoo was renamed it was called the Selig Zoo. Change of ownership caused the change. Now it is the Los Angeles Zoo. I remember Joe Metcalf so very well from the days of the 101 […]
thecircusblog | December 14, 2011
The “Att Show” was it’s short name for “Athletic Show”. They presented wrestling and boxing challenge matches. In it’s day it was one of the most popular shows on the midway. This might be where today’s wrestling got it’s start. It was all about getting an audience totally angered over the dirty tricks the wrestlers […]
thecircusblog | November 28, 2011
My uncle Glen was soft spoken and a kind man who had always had a smile on his face. However he was a force to be reckoned with if you did him wrong. As a young boy I remember well all my uncles talking about the old days on their father’s circuses. They told some […]
thecircusblog | February 4, 2011
For the motion picture Jumbo, my Dad built the mouthpiece for me…. all leather with an upper and lower bit that fit behind my front teeth. Barbette wanted me to go to a dentist for an impression as to build a plastic upper mouthpiece. My father said no I will do it my way, He was […]
