Casper “Whitey” Jensen with crew #3
Posted By thecircusblog on January 17, 2012
Casper Jensen is the third person on the left. This photo was taken on the Ringling Bros Circus, but the year I am unsure of. “Whitey” came to this country with his farther from Denmark when he was seven. He started working with circuses in the late 1800’s and traveled with such shows as Sun Bros, Sells Floto, Ringling Bros and Al G. Barnes to name a few. Al G. Barnes was his last show and it was there he became the boss canvas man. He also was there in 1930 when the show had it’s devastating train wreck.
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