Toni Madison at the Orpheum
thecircusblog | October 7, 2008
My mother was very proud and happy when she was booked on the Orpheum circuit from Los Angeles to Boston. The Toni Madison dog act was a headliner in the show.
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Ivan is Ready For The Stage
thecircusblog | September 30, 2008
Ivan M. Henry, 1950… the sixth generation of a circus family was ready to perform. We lived in El Monte, Calif. Where there were many other show folks. El Monte was convenient and was very friendly toward show people. Our home was not to far from the rest of the Henry’s and we were always getting together as […]
Mary Henry Spinning Plates
thecircusblog | September 30, 2008
This photo was taken at The Paris Inn Night Club where USO shows were put on for the Military in San Diego, CA … 1940s.
Holt Henry
thecircusblog | September 30, 2008
Las Vegas, NV. Band leader and a great trumpet player, 1945. Holt Henry worked for Bugsy Siegel at the Flamingo Hotel.
Larry Finley
thecircusblog | September 30, 2008
Robert “Hap” Henry’s elephant Marie, doing a little promo with Larry Finley. Los Angels, CA. A few years later while doing a show with Rudy Bros, at a ballpark in one of the suburb cities of Los Angeles a horrible incident accrued. Hap finished the act with Marie his elephant and was running with Marie […]
School Days for Palo Alto School
thecircusblog | September 29, 2008
At Legend City 1977. We had many successful promotions, but School Days were the most popular with our discount ticket program. Ivan Henry with Shorty and the Palo Alto school kids.
Wallace And Ladmo
thecircusblog | September 29, 2008
The Wallace and Ladmo show, at Legend City, Tempe, AZ. That’s Ivan Henry, manager of the amusement park with his friends Wallace & Ladmo.
The White Face Clown
thecircusblog | September 29, 2008
I wish I could remember his name, too young at the time, and now too old. I enlarged this photo to honor the clown and Mr. Quillen. All my Grandfather’s Tin Types pictures were reproduced by Mr. Quillen. This photo had to be taken in the late 1930s or early 1940s.
Aerial Trapeze
thecircusblog | September 29, 2008
I guess this photo to be from the 1940’s, an indoor show, might be a Shrine date. There names are unknown to me.
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