Sunday, December 11, 2011

Barnum's Circus 1902

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Forepaugh-Sells, as are most of these views from a c1900 magazine article.

Wade G. Burck said...

Anonymous,
Thank you for the correction. The pictures were submitted titled "Barnum's Circus."

Wade

Wade G. Burck said...

I really like the wagon on the far left with the Stag painted on the back. Did that wagon ever make it anyplace else? I don't recall ever seeing the stag. Did it get painted over or removed at some point?

Wade

Anonymous said...

That's Forepaugh-Sells cage 47. It ended up in Baraboo, after Forepaugh-Sells was split at the end of the 1907 tour, half to WI, half to Bridgeport, CT. It may have gone out again in 1910-1911, not sure. The side cover boards were discovered, abandoned, in a Ringlingville barn in the 1950s. One set is displayed at CWM, one set was sold by C. P. Fox to John Zweifel. One painted back door, with two children on it, is at CWM. The stag panel apparently didn't survive the attrition process. The same photo is in Thompson's book "On the Road With a Circus," 1903.

Wade G. Burck said...

Anonymous,
Thank you for that great information.

Wade