Nice Camel
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
I remember being told of an interesting event in the late 1950’s concerning the U.S. Army importing a hundred or so camels from Morocco and Arabia. The purpose was to create a military cavalry to be used to fight the Germans that occupied North Africa during World War II, around 1942. This military program was […]
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | December 26, 2012
thecircusblog | December 21, 2012
This is Ray Chandler when he first started out in the business in 1952. Before 1950 he was a manager of the Fox movie theater in Bakersfield, Calif. Many thanks to Janice Chandler, his daughter for all of the photos of her family and the Gene Holter show. Thanks Randy for your kind comment.
thecircusblog | December 21, 2012
thecircusblog | December 21, 2012
thecircusblog | December 21, 2012
Left to right: Shriner, Gene Holter, Ray Chandler and animal groom.
thecircusblog | December 21, 2012
Actor and one of Gene Holter’s camels on location shooting the movie ” Rin Tin Tin”. 1965? Ray Chandler was the head trainer on this movie.