J.E. Henry Family
Posted By thecircusblog on January 3, 2012
This photo is of my grandfather J. E. Henry at the age of 39 or 40 and my grandmother Mabel Chase Fairbanks Henry at approximately age 26. The two children are Bertha May Henry, my aunt at age five and Arthur Henry, my uncle at age two.This photo was taken in 1905. J.E. had his circus on the road at the time of this photo. In those days his type of circus was called a mud show. I don’t believe the name “mud shows” was not meant to be derogatory, most likely the circus lots were always dirt and if it rained…. well you get mud. To tell you the truth I really don’t know where the name derived from. I have never seen this photo before until recently. Thanks to a distant cousin from the other side of the family, Don Richmond, for making these available.
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