Main Entrance
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The show is setting up for an evening performance. Kids always arrived there first, looking for a job that would get them a free ticket to the show. J.E. Henry’s Big Show 1910.
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The Crowd Gathers
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The menagerie is the front at of the circus midway in this photo. As you see the title should have said the crowd is gathering slowly but surly.
The Bad Monkey
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
This Monkey was the meanest animal that ever lived. He would protect Grandpa but if you got close to him he would chew you up if he had the chance. His name Barney, a giant Reese. My Grandfather had a special way with animals, He just knew how to handel them. Dad told me that it was […]
Dads Lion Cub
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
Dad always took care of all of the newborn animals on the show. This is a Lion cub about five weeks old and one of many young animals he looked over. In the back ground of this photo is a home made trailer built by grandfather and my Dads brothers, Just about everything on the circus was custom built.
Long Lion Cage
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The long cage was used for shifting lions to and from the circus ring where they performed. They would load them on flat bed trailers for traveling over the road. At any one time the circus could have 20 to 30 lions, most of which were menagerie cats for exhibition. Quite often Grandfather would donate lions to zoos […]
The Henry Lions
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
Through the years they acquired more lions, through breeding, more lions than cages. Grandfather had a friend, Mr. Gay, who had a lion farm in El Monte, CA. Grandfather gave Mr. Gay many lions. The lion farm was on Valley Blvd. near Peck Rd. Today, the lion farm no longer exists as Interstate 10 runs over […]
More Henry Lions
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The Henry lions were exhibition animals in the menagerie and also performing animals. In the early days there was no steel arena. They were brought out into the circus ring on a lunge line to perform their tricks. They never worked as a large group. Later an arena was built only 8 to 12 cats […]
Young Clifford Henry
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
Here is my dear father at the age of six,the date 1916. At this age he was already working he would help in herding the hoof stock over the road.
Young Clifford Henry #2
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
Young Clifford Henry with his pony “Patt”. Dad is 4 years old in this photo
Tent and Pole Wagon
thecircusblog | August 28, 2008
The tent wagon carried tent polls, stakes, bull cable, pole safties, and side walls. On tear down the tent was dropped to the ground, then unlaced into sections making it easier to roll up. Each roll weighed about 800 to 1000 lbs. The canvas then was loaded onto the wagon. In this photo you can see a […]
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