Circo Atayde Poster 1954

| July 5, 2009

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Circo Atayde Poster 1952

| July 5, 2009

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Circo Atayde Poster 1962

| July 5, 2009

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A Circus 4th of July

| July 3, 2009

The Gil Gray circus cast celebrates our  American Liberty. This theme was used in one of their show finales. I thought it would be perfect for the 4th of July. Photo was taken in 1962. Please read the comment made by Joanne Wilson Pinson.

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The Gil Gray Circus

| July 3, 2009

                             An aerial  ballet presented by the ladies of the Gil Gray Circus.                                                   Please read comment made by Bill Strong .                                                                                                                                

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Happy 4th of July!

| July 3, 2009

       Billy Burke on the Gil Gray circus in the mid 1960’s.

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Ivan & Shorty

| July 3, 2009

1976 at Legend City in  Tempe, AZ.  My little elephant never caused me a problem.  He would do his act perfectly every show. However, there was one thing that he hated…he would not tolerate me putting a blanket on his back. After weeks of training, patience and bribing he excepted the banner on his back….but only for a little while. […]

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Ivan and Shorty at Legend City

| July 3, 2009

Shorty was a little bull elephant and I worried about him and the rest of my animals contracting Valley Fever. Maricopa county is noted for this fungus which lives in the upper portion of the soil and when disturbed….it becomes airborn. It causes death in many types of animals. Humans can catch this disease and in some cases it can […]

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Mabel Stark and Eddie ?

| July 3, 2009

Here is an interesting photo of Mabel Stark and a gentleman which could be Eddie Trees. I do know she married Eddie later in life. I am hoping that someone will make a comment on this photo. This photo had to be taken in the late 1920’s or the early 1930’s.

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The Crowels

| July 3, 2009

I never worked with these folks, but they are circus performers.  Maybe they or someone will see this photo and email me some history about them.

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