Olgie and Irma on Polack Bros. Circus
Posted By thecircusblog on October 8, 2009
Polack Bros Circus, Rio and Irma Zavatta. Rio’s real name was Olgie. The reason for Rio is that no one except an Italian could pronounce his name correctly he was called names like Ugly, Ogie, etc, So Olgie made it easy and romantic……….. RIO.
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