Janice Chandler
thecircusblog | September 9, 2012
A few days ago I got an email from Janice Chandler. She related to me some little stories about her childhood. I enjoy reading them and I thought you might too.
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Janice’s Email
thecircusblog | September 9, 2012
Neil “Shorty” Chervenak
thecircusblog | September 9, 2012
After Neil teamed up with Harry “Mop Head” Ross they created a wardrobe look alike, sort of a mini-me. Their make-up was the same but with one exception: Rossie had an off centered nose and wore a dog collar around his neck. This photo was most likely taken on the Ken Jenson Show or Rudy […]
Shorty
thecircusblog | September 9, 2012
Neil “Shorty” Chervenak, the last I heard he retired and was living in Oregon. A little known fact: Neil at the age of 15 was hired by Ray Chandler. Ray basically took Neil under his wing and broke him into the business on the Gene Holter Show. Neil learned his skills well from Ray and […]
Jungleland
thecircusblog | May 8, 2012
It all had to be sold and Jungleland’s old competition was there to buy it. I believe the elephant in this photo is “Babe” who later was sold to Gene Holter. Thank you for your comment Janice.
Gene Holter’s Wild Animal Show
thecircusblog | September 20, 2010
Gene was an exception to the rule of circus. Very little music if any during the show. He would get on the microphone and talk though out all his performances. I guess he believed in educating the public about everything there is to know about trainers , animals etc, etc. Oh and when he ran […]
Gene Holter Animal Show
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
“G.T.”
thecircusblog | March 25, 2010
This photo I believe to be Gene Holter’s “G.T” short for “Great Tiger”. He was a well trained animal for motion picture work.
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