thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
This photo is very rare. What you see here is a DUMB STUNT that started out as a good idea. During a show, two trainers in London, England, believed their Tiger was tame enough to be handled by a young child, So, Hugh Boyle was enlisted to play with the cat. As the photo shows, […]
Category: Jack Badal |
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thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
The dogs in Tommy Bentley’s Poodle act were regular fashion plates!
Category: Bentley Bros Circus |
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thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
This is very interesting. They created a trampoline casting act. You have to hand it to these circus performers for putting together two different acts and making it work.
Category: Carson & Barnes |
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thecircusblog | August 7, 2011
Bob was one of the best. The versatility of his act in his different voices and dummies was truly unbelievable. He had just about every character you could think of. On the Christmas shows he would use all of his animal characters. The kids loved him…………Sadly no more.
Category: Bentley Bros Circus |
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thecircusblog | August 1, 2011
This old program cover is sadly tattered and torn. I am going to start vacuum packing mine with heavy plastic folders to save them as long as I can. There is a company that preserves old documents but they are very expensive and for the amount of photos and other items that I have it […]
Category: Ringling Bros----& Barnum, Bailey |
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thecircusblog | August 1, 2011
Kelly Miller Circus… sometime in the 1940’s.
Category: Bentley Bros Circus |
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thecircusblog | August 1, 2011
Photo is from the Tommy Bentley collection.
Category: Bentley Bros Circus |
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thecircusblog | August 1, 2011
The photo was taken in 1955 on the Siebrand Bros Circus stage. A must read comment by David Horner…… Thanks Dave.
Category: Siebrand Bros Circus & Carnival |
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