This is a photo of the Perry Bros Circus truck, a solid tyre AEC, taken at the valley Brisbane Queensland in 1920. From left to right: Joe Marconi, the founder of Goanna Oil in Qld and a good friend of the Perrys, my uncle Ted Perry, and my father Alby Perry holding the big elephant by the ear. The man under the elephant's trunk is Henry Perry and the man in uniform is Jack Stephens, who was killed by Tommy, the baby elephant in this photo, 17 years after this photo was taken in Parkes NSW.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Robert Perry picture and identification--Perry Bros Circus
This is a photo of the Perry Bros Circus truck, a solid tyre AEC, taken at the valley Brisbane Queensland in 1920. From left to right: Joe Marconi, the founder of Goanna Oil in Qld and a good friend of the Perrys, my uncle Ted Perry, and my father Alby Perry holding the big elephant by the ear. The man under the elephant's trunk is Henry Perry and the man in uniform is Jack Stephens, who was killed by Tommy, the baby elephant in this photo, 17 years after this photo was taken in Parkes NSW.
My great grandfather worked for Perry's Circus in the 1890s (Chris. Simes (Simes)
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