Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
I never saw this act but I wish I had. I would have enjoyed watching her work these animals as the African baboons are not easy to train nor work. This lady had a lot of intestinal fortitude to work with these animals.
Thanks Geno.
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
This was their first year in Little Rock, AK. The year was 1935.
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
This is the actual size of the newspaper ad. This ad was used in May of 1959 or 1960.
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
I have often wondered where this lady got her courage, not just with working the big cats, but her life in general. At the time that I knew her she was somewhat sullen with just about everyone. I would rib her a little and when she cracked a smile the conversation could start. She knew more people and had been more places than any other person I had ever met. It did not take much to get her to talk about all the circuses that she had worked for and when she spoke of them her body became erect with shoulders back and head high as she was back there on those old circuses recounting her time of glory. Gosh…how I loved to listen to that grand lady
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
This is one of Terrell’s publicity photos used on the Barnes Bros Circus. In 1938 Terrell was with Al G. Barnes and Sells Floto. The same photo was used then. I tried to count all the cats in this arena, there are over 30. Many are hidden behind the safety cage while others are covering each other.
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
Source photo
http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/9716/altoona-pa-near-circus-train-wrecks-may-1893
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
SEVEN KILLED AND NINETEEN INJURED The Cars Went Down a Steep Grade and Over an Embankment. LIONS AND TIGERS GOT LOOSE. Fifty Horses Were Killed Outright, and Others Were so Injured that They Will Have to be Killed — The Elephants and Camels Safe — Many Animals Es- caped to the Woods — A Tiger Made for a Farmhouse and Killed a Cow, Being in Turn Killed by the Farmer — Scenes About the Wreck
ALTOONA, Penn., May 30 — The most complete railroad wreck that has occurred in this section for many years took place this morning at a place known as McCann’s Crossing, on the Tyrone and Clearfield Railway, about three miles from Tyrone, a station on the main line of the Pennsylvnia, fourteen miles from Altoona
source
http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/9716/altoona-pa-near-circus-train-wrecks-may-1893
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
In 1989 while I was managing Lakemont Amusement Park in Altoona, Pa. , the locial newspaper did a story on me and I mentioned that I born in the circus. Later I was asked by some park attendees if I knew about the train wreck that had happened several years ag0 near Tyrone, PA. My answer to them was “no” and they began to tell me what they knew about it. I forgot their stories until I started my circus blog. I have done alot of research lately and I came across the Walter Main train wreck.
photo source
http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/9716/altoona-pa-near-circus-train-wrecks-may-1893
Posted By thecircusblog on September 16, 2009
There are other circus blogs that have this circus history on them. …. Bravo….. we must continue saving all of our circus heritage.
photo source
http://www3.gendisasters.com/pennsylvania/9716/altoona-pa-near-circus-train-wrecks-may-1893
Posted By thecircusblog on September 11, 2009
This photo was in the Amusement Business Feb ,15, 1964., I remember it as the “Billboard”.
