thecircusblog | March 17, 2012
In the hospital Barranco admitted his mistakes. He believed that because of a new costume change the cat did not recognize him as well as him pushing the routine little to hard. I do not know what part of Europe Barranco came from nor his full name. He most likely is Italian or Spanish. I […]
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
George Hartzell was known as the “Millionaire Clown”. The following photos and articles on him will explain a little more. The photos of George Hartzell were sent to me by his great granddaughter, Donna Wally Wilbur.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
This bottom portion here is an email from Donna Wally Wilbur explaining the self proclaimed millionaire clown.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
When I received these photos from Donna Wally Wilbur it put me to thinking that this man could be related to Glen”Bones”Hartzell, who was a well known circus clown and had worked for all the major circuses in the early 1900’s, including Ringling Bros. In order to get a better handle on this I emailed […]
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
Sorry for the condition of the print in this news ad. This is the way it was sent. My photo shop cleared up most of it. Maybe Donna Wally Wilbur can email a better scan.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
George Hartzell is on the passenger side of the car. The other clown members names are unknown to me. Photo was taken on the Ringling show in the late 1920’s or early 30’s….. actual year unknown to me.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
I have no date on this photo,nor the names of these clowns. NEED YOUR HELP.
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
The following 9 photos are of Clyde Beatty rehearsing his cat act at winter quarters in Rochester, Indiana. As you can see there was a small crowd of spectators, which were always permitted to enjoy the show. These photos were shot by Pete Mardo in 1937 and were given to the circus blog by my […]
thecircusblog | March 12, 2012
I believe this cat’s name was Nero and was one of his best fighting cats.
