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White Tops

Partial Index of Articles, 1927 - 1942

1927-1942     1943-1950     1951-1960     1961-1969

1970-1976     1977-1984     1985-1992     1993-1997

White Tops is the official magazine of the Circus Fans Association. This list was privately compiled and is not a complete listing of every article in past issues. Some articles were not included and/or probably missed. There are errors. CFA has indexed recent issues on their website (click on link above). Check with your local librarian to find sources for issues of White Tops.

1927 & 1931

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Circus of Our Second
Gathering (Short History)
  1927 1 1 p. 3 John Robinson
Where They Are
(17 Circus Routes for Ap. and May)
  1927 1 1 p. 4 Routes, 1927
Unveiling Leitzel Monument
(Dec.10,1931)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 1 Roman Rings, 1931,
Leitzel, Lillian
Circus (Winter Quarters)   1931 5 8-9 p. 1 1931
Tarzan Movies
(A Condona doubles; A Barnes's Anim)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 2 Movies Tarzan, 1931
Muni Lots
(Where Can the Circus Show?)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 2 1931
Owner's Daughter Vates
Engesser (18) Married
  1931 5 8-9 p. 3 Schell Bros, 1931
Tom Mix Recovering
from Peritonitis
  1931 5 8-9 p. 3 1931, Mix, Tom
Circus Notes
(Lentini/Drunkenbrod/Circuses)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 3 1931
Tarzan Movie uses
Hippos & Elephants (C.Gardner)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 5 Al G. Barnes,
Movies Tarzan, 1931
Tambon" Second Recorded
Am Bred Elephant
Alispaw, Fred C. 1931 5 8-9 p. 6 Sells-Floto, Elephant
(to Alice & Snyder), 1914
Elephants
(First One/Tusko/Alice/Jumbo)
  1931 5 8-9 p. 7 Elephants
Review of the 1931 Season Grace, John P. 1931 5 8-9 p. 8 Review Year, 1931
Circus News
(Notes on Many People and Shows)
  1931 5 8-9 p.11 1931
Circus Books and
Magazines Articles
  1931 5 8-9 p.12 1931

1932 - 1933

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
A Hectic Final Week   1932 6 7 p. 1 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1932
Main Closes 9/20
(Name Changes/Problems) Manager
  1932 6 7 p. 1 Walter L. Main, 1932,
Heron, James
Circus News   1932 6 7 p. 3 1932
A Visit to Wm. P. Hall's
Circus Farm
Joy, Harper 1932 6 7 p. 6 Hall, William P., 1932
Circus Books and
Magazines Articles
  1932 6 7 p. 8 Index Magazine Articles 1932
Parade is Back 1932   1932 6 7 p. 9 John Robinson & Sells-Floto
Elephants with Lewis/Seattle   1932 6 7 p.10 Elephants "Tusko", 1932
Where They Are
(7 Circus Routes)
  1932 6 7 p.10 1932
1933 Circus Season
(How They Are Going Out)
  1933 6 10 p. 1 Review, 1933
Honorary Member
(Washington DC Zoo Director)
  1933 6 10 p. 1 1933, Mann, Dr. William M.
1933 Circus Season
(RR and Motorized)
  1933 6 10 p. 1 Train, 1933
Indoors - Shows and Acts   1933 6 10 p. 1 1933
After Illness/With Bride/Talks
of M.SQ.G.and Boxing
  1933 6 10 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Ringling, John
Circus Books and
Magazines Articles
  1933 6 10 p. 3 1933
Circus News
(Who is Where and
What Are They Doing)
  1933 6 10 p. 5 1933
Elephants as an Attraction
(For Carpet Bag Govts.)
  1933 6 10 p. 6 John Robinson
When Circuses Were the Leading
National Advertisers
Barkley, Allan R. 1933 7 3-4 back Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Poster (Modern) Ringling Bros
Golden Jubilee
  1933 7 3-4 cover Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Congratulations to Ringlings
from Acts/Personel of 33'
  1933 7 3-4 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Death of General Advance Agent
(1892-1933 with RB)
  1933 7 3-4 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Advance Agent, 1933,
Horton, William H.
Sights to see at Baraboo   1933 7 3-4 p. 7 Baraboo, Wis, 1933
Strange
("Giraffe Neck" Women)
  1933 7 3-4 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Sensational
(Pix of Zazel/Canon)
  1933 7 3-4 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Three Hundred Elephants
(List of E. in US) RBBB's 50 C
Knecht, Karl Kae 1933 7 3-4 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Elephants List, 1933
Elephants - Tusko died
in Seattle (June 10)
  1933 7 3-4 p.11 Elephants "Tusko", 1933
Indiana, Home of Circuses   1933 7 3-4 p.12 Indiana, 1933
Wisconsin, Mother of Circuses Sturtevant, C.G. 1933 7 3-4 p.12 Wisconsin, 1933
Ringling 1933 Circuses   1933 7 3-4 p.14 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
1933, Gumpertz, S.W.
Program and Route   1933 7 3-4 p.15 Al G. Barnes, 1933
Ringling Bros Circus
Year by Year (1884-1933)
Grace, John P. 1933 7 3-4 p.16 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1884
Another Story of the
Brothers Ringling-Start
Knecht, Karl Kae 1933 7 3-4 p.20 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1883
Chicago World's Fair
(Circus Acts There)
  1933 7 3-4 p.24 1933
J.P.Morgan and Lya Graf   1933 7 3-4 p.26 Publicity, 1933,
Morgan, J.P.
Modern circus Publicity   1933 7 3-4 p.26 Publicity, 1933
Circus News
(Bits about people)
  1933 7 3-4 p.26 1933
Pix of the Durbar of Delhi   1933 7 3-4 p.27 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
In Old Baraboo
(from route book)
Ringling, Alf. T. 1933 7 3-4 p.27 Baraboo, Wis, 1893
Circus Books   1933 7 3-4 p.33 1933
Congratulations To Ringlings
(Acts/Personel with it)
  1933 7 3-4 p.39 Hagenbeck & Wallace, 1933
Pix of Ringling stars
gathered at a party
  1933 7 5 back 1933
Pix - On the lot at
Grant Park, Chicago
  1933 7 5 cover Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Shows for the CFA
at Baraboo (50th Ann RBBB)
  1933 7 5 p.16 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
2 Pix of flooded lot
in Shawnee Ok (Aug 16)
  1933 7 5 p.20 Al G. Barnes, 1933
Circus Notes   1933 7 5 p.23 1933
Circus Books   1933 7 5 p.26 1933
Where They Are (Routes)   1933 7 5 p.30 1933
Poster of Jumbo
(Alive and as a Skelton)
Story on back
  1933 7 6 cover Barnum
1933 Season Closes
(Ringling Shows)
  1933 7 6 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Elephant "Yasso"   1933 7 6 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1933
Walter L. Main Circus   1933 7 6 p.15 Walter L. Main
Circus 1874-1875 Sturtevant, C.G. 1933 7 6 p.16 Montgomery Queen, 1874
Circus Workers
(Hugo Zacchini and his art work)
Zacchini, Hugo 1933 7 6 p.17 Workers, Zacchini, Hugo
Circus News   1933 7 6 p.25 1933
Where They Are
(RBBB, H-W, Barnett,
Schell, Jarmes)
  1933 7 6 p.26 Routes, 1933

1934 - 1935

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Death - RBBB "inside man"
confidential sec to brothers
  1934 7 7 p. 2 Secretary, 1934,
Kannely, Charlie
Death - Freak, double body
(second body out of chest)
  1934 7 7 p. 2 Sideshow, 1934,
Libberas, Jean
Two Webbs
(Judd W.-Boss Hostler/Train)
Sturtevant, C.G. 1934 7 7 p. 4 Commissary Dept,
Webb, Allie
Iowa CFA Get Wagon
(2 Hemispheres)
  1934 7 7 p. 5 Wagon History, 1934
Circus News   1934 7 7 p. 6 1934
The 1934 Season
(Program and Staff)
  1934 7 7 p. 8 Review Year, 1934
Klara E. Knecht
(Educational Dir of H-W)
  1934 7 7 p.11 Hagenbeck & Wallace,
Education, 1934,
Knecht, Klara
Called off before it starts   1934 7 7 p.12 Jarms Rail Road
Circus, 1934
Elephants   1934 7 7 p.12 Elephants, 1934
Circus Books   1934 7 7 p.13 1934
Where They Are
(Barnes, HW, RBBB,
Barnett, Dill, Downie
  1934 7 7 p.15 Routes, 1934
Circus News   1934 7 7 p.15 1934
Where They Are
(Barnes, HW, RBBB,
Barnett, Dill, Downie
  1934 7 8 back Routes, 1934
The 1934 Season
(News Events/People for May)
  1934 7 8 p. 4 1934
Talented Daughters of Engesser   1934 7 8 p. 5 Shell Bros, 1934
Engesser, Geegee
Gainesville Community Circus Smith, A. Morton 1934 7 8 p. 6 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1934
Four Poli
(Perch Poll-Accident)
  1934 7 8 p. 7 1934, Poli, The Four
P.T. Barnum of Connecticut Sturtevant, C.G. 1934 7 8 p. 8 1934, Barnum, P.T.
Elephants
(Happenings and Handlers)
  1934 7 8 p.11 Elephants, 1934
Circus Books   1934 7 8 p.11 1934
Review   1934 7 8 p.12 Sam Dill,
Tom Mix Circus, 1934
Circus News   1934 7 8 p.14 1934
Barnum Museum
($44,000 needed for back taxes)
  1934 7 8 p.16 1934
8 Pixs of people
on the new Cole Bros
  1935 8 6-7 back Cole Bros., 1935
Copy of the Cover of CB
with Clyde Beatty
  1935 8 6-7 cover Cole Bros., 1935
Open Season in
Madison Square Garden (Review)
  1935 8 6-7 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1935
Cole Title Sturtevant, C.G. 1935 8 6-7 p. 5 Cole Bros., 1935
List of Circuses
Going on Tour for 1935
  1935 8 6-7 p. 5 1935
Circus News   1935 8 6-7 p. 6 1935
Notes from Barnes Circus   1935 8 6-7 p. 7 Al G. Barnes, 1935
Review Knecht, Karl Kae 1935 8 6-7 p. 8 Russell Bros., 1935
Personel List   1935 8 6-7 p.10 Hagenbeck Wallace,
4 Paw Sells Bros, 1935
In 1910   1935 8 6-7 p.10 Norris and Rowe, 1910
Visit Cole Quarters
List of Staff
  1935 8 6-7 p.11 Cole Bros., 1935
Staff List   1935 8 6-7 p.12 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1935
Opening and Staff   1935 8 6-7 p.13 Barnett Bros., 1935
Program   1935 8 6-7 p.13 Tom Mix Circus and Wild West, 1935
Circus Books   1935 8 6-7 p.14 1935
Where They Are
(Barnes, Cole, HW,
RBBB, Barnett, etc)
  1935 8 6-7 p.15 Routes, 1935
9 Pixs of Circus
(RBBB in Soldiers Field
HW, Cole, Barnes)
  1935 9 11-1 back 1935
Pix of Terrell Jacobs
and Lion
  1935 9 11-1 cover 1935
Iowa Fans See All Circuses
in State (RB/Cole/TMix/HW)
  1935 9 11-1 p. 3 1935
Gathering on Lot   1935 9 11-1 p. 6 Hagenbeck and Wallace, 1935
Notes of Happenings   1935 9 11-1 p. 7 1935
Train Order-Keep a Look Out
for Lost Elephants (8/7)
  1935 9 11-1 p. 8 Sells-Floto, Elephants, 1926
Notes on people   1935 9 11-1 p.11 Al G. Barnes, 1935
Review Knecht, Karl Kae 1935 9 11-1 p.12 Rice Bros.
Allen King's Wild Animals, 1935
Death of Acrobat
from Pneumonia
  1935 9 11-1 p.15 Hagenbeck and Wallace, 1935,
Alexander, Roy
Glorifying the Circus Star
Little Known of Personal Lives
  1935 9 11-1 p.16 1935
Gainesville Circus 1935   1935 9 11-1 p.17 Gainesville Community Circus
Attacked by Tiger
(Arm Seriously chewed)
  1935 9 11-1 p.17 1935, Stark, Mabel
Notes From Zoos   1935 9 11-1 p.18 Zoo, 1935
News From The Lots
(Various Circuses)
  1935 9 11-1 p.18 1935
Wisconsin Fans Kill Both
Anti-Circus Bills
  1935 9 11-1 p.19 Laws, 1935
Circus Library (Books)   1935 9 11-1 p.20 1935
Where They Are
(Barnes, Cole, HW,
RBBB, Barnett, etc)
  1935 9 11-1 p.22 Routes, 1935

1936 & 1938

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Baraboo Elks Buy
Al Ringling Home
  1936 10 1 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1936
Moving A Circus
Efficient Team Work
  1936 10 1 p. 6  
Pix of the CFA Convention
Show for 1936
  1936 10 1 p. 7 Al G. Barnes, 1936
Swiss Circus 1936   1936 10 1 p. 8 Circus Knie (Switzerland)
Houston CFA Catch Show   1936 10 1 p. 9 Russell Bros., 1936
Circus Books (The Big Cage)   1936 10 1 p.10 1936
Fire at the Quarters
at Peru (9/26/36)
  1936 10 1 p.11 Hagenbeck and Wallace, 1936
Circus Notes (people)   1936 10 1 p.11 Seils-Sterling, 1936
Where They Are
(Barnes, Cole, RBBB,
Barnett, Mix, etc)
  1936 10 1 p.11 Routes, 1936
Tim McCoy's Wild West
(A Show Is Born)
Williams, Ralph 1938 11 4-5 p. 3 Col. Tim McCoy's
Real Wild West 1938
Death-RBBB General Manager
"The Little Fello"
  1938 11 4-5 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1938,
Hathaway, Carl T.
Circus Parade 1917 Grace, John P. 1938 11 4-5 p. 7 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
WPA (Old Favorites With It)   1938 11 4-5 p. 8 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
Title for Second Adkins
and Terrell Circus
  1938 11 4-5 p. 9 Robbins Bros., 1938
Death of Hathaway
Shock to Show World
  1938 11 4-5 p.13 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1938,
Hathaway, Carl T.
Rehearsals Started   1938 11 4-5 p.14 Gainesville Community Circus, 1938
Neighbor of Ringlings
Celebrates 99th Birthday
  1938 11 4-5 p.15 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1938
Zoo Notes (Brookfield)   1938 11 4-5 p.15 1938
Japino (Black Ele)   1938 11 4-5 p.16 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
Grimaldi, the Clown   1938 11 4-5 p.16 1778, Grimaldi
St. Louis Man Carves
5000 Pieces for Miniature Circus
  1938 11 4-5 p.17 1938, Russell, Charles E.
The Ages of Agents/Manager
(by Walter L. Main)
  1938 11 4-5 p.18 Agents, 1938, Bailey, Jim
Books   1938 11 4-5 p.18 1938
Pixs of Performers and Equipment
of Various Circuses
  1938 11 8-9 back 1938
And So To Sarasota Joy, Harper 1938 11 8-9 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Another Great Victory for Labor
(cartoon-"Ding" Darling)
  1938 11 8-9 p. 5 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Laborers Out Voting
Peformers in Scranton
Grace, John P. 1938 11 8-9 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Evil Days for the Circus
(Is Circus on it's last legs?)
  1938 11 8-9 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Victory!
(Whitehead, a labor leader)
  1938 11 8-9 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Big Show Fold Up   1938 11 8-9 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Braathen Protests
To Whitehead on Strike
  1938 11 8-9 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Stars Over Hollywood   1938 11 8-9 p.11 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Knecht Starts Nat. Movement
of Protest Against Closing
  1938 11 8-9 p.12 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Last Lot for
the Big One in 1938
Good, Robert D. 1938 11 8-9 p.13 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Dumb Labor Strategy
Danger of Reaction
Evjue, William 1938 11 8-9 p.14 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Wagner Assists in
Settling Blacaman Strike
  1938 11 8-9 p.15 Hagenbeck and Wallace, 1938
Hand of the Master Producer   1938 11 8-9 p.16 W.P.A. Circus, 1938,
O'Sullivan, Burns
The Show Goes On - Strike   1938 11 8-9 p.17 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Notes from the Show   1938 11 8-9 p.18 Al G. Barnes, 1938
Taxes (On Shows and Us)   1938 11 8-9 p.19 Taxes, 1938
New Book introduced
on Show Day
  1938 11 8-9 p.20 Al G. Barnes, 1938,
Stark, Mabel
Program of English Circus 1938   1938 11 8-9 p.21 Bertram Mills Circus (England)
Show Closes
(rain&bad weather)(5/31/38)
  1938 11 8-9 p.21 Downie Bros., 1938
Notes from the Australian Circus   1938 11 8-9 p.21 Wirth Circus (Australia) 1938
Pix of Truck   1938 11 8-9 p.22 Beech-Nut Miniature Circus,
1938
Routes
(Barnes, RBBB, Robbins,
Mix, Russell, ParkerW)
  1938 11 8-9 p.23 Routes, 1938
Circus at Pasadena Rose Bowl
(B.Nelson's Lions)
  1938 11 8-9 p.23 1938
Save the Circus   1938 12 12-1 p. 2 Strike, 1938
The Circus Will Never Die   1938 12 12-1 p. 2 Strike, 1938
Circus City Peru, Ind.
(from Chesapeake & Ohio Mag)
O'Meara, T.B. 1938 12 12-1 p. 4 Peru, Ind
(Good Article), 1938
Time To Close The Circus   1938 12 12-1 p. 8 Walter L. Main, 1938
Mrs. Charles Gollmar Slain
in Home at Baraboo
Landers, E.D. 1938 12 12-1 p. 9 Gollmar Bros., 1938
Big time Party   1938 12 12-1 p.10 Gainesville Community Circus, 1938
Whole Family's Act in WPA Circus
for One Man's Pay
Goodwin, Wendell 1938 12 12-1 p.10 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
Closes Oct. 16   1938 12 12-1 p.12 Russell Bros., 1938
Ad ("Japino" Largest
and Oldest Elephant
  1938 12 12-1 p.12 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
Circus Over Seas   1938 12 12-1 p.13 1938
Zoo Notes
(Slim Lewis at Brookfield)
  1938 12 12-1 p.14 Elephants, 1938
Ask For Receivership
(Zoppes owed money)
  1938 12 12-1 p.15 Cole Bros., 1938
Completes Successful Season   1938 12 12-1 p.15 Parker and Watts, 1938
Closes two days
ahead of Paper (Oct 22)
  1938 12 12-1 p.15 Robbins Bros., 1938
Chicago Man Buys
Most of Circus
  1938 12 12-1 p.15 Seils-Sterling, 1938
Thanksgiving on the Lot
(rare happings)
  1938 12 12-1 p.16 Al G. Barnes-Sells Floto
Present RBBB, Strike Show, 1938
Notes   1938 12 12-1 p.17 Al G. Barnes-Sells Floto 1938
Closes in Calif.   1938 12 12-1 p.18 Hagenbeck & Wallace, 1938

1939

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Clarke Family (flyers) Sturtevant, C.G. 1939 12 2-3 p. 3 1938, Clarke Family
Season of 1938 (Details) Grace, John P. 1939 12 2-3 p. 6 Review, 1938
Tent Honors Trainer   1939 12 2-3 p. 7 1938, Roth, Louis
And the Circus Went On
Just The Same
Hayles, Willis 1939 12 2-3 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Struggles of Show, 1918
Gargantua Off to England
(Mills Winter Circus)
  1939 12 2-3 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
1938, Gargantua
Starts Winter Tour Goodwin, Wendell 1939 12 2-3 p.10 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
C. E. Davis,
Elephant Biographer
  1939 12 2-3 p.13 Elephants, 1938
Showmen's League To Have
Old Trouper's Home
  1939 12 2-3 p.15 Showmen's Rest"
Woodlawn Cemetery, Chicago, 1938
An Appreciation by
Henry Ringling North
North, Henry R. 1939 12 2-3 p.17 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Growth of American Circuses
in Late 1860's & 70's
Williams, E.L. 1939 12 2-3 p.19 1860
Art of the Aerial Acrobat
(from Sawdust Ring)
Cosmopolite 1939 12 2-3 p.21 1938, Codona, Alfredo
Chart of the
American Circuses Since 1839
Sturtevant, C.G. 1939 12 2-3 p.22 List of Circuses
(good chart)
Tenting Season in Britain Graves, Edward 1939 12 2-3 p.25 1938
Midgets in Movies
(Wizard of Oz)
  1939 12 2-3 p.26 1938
Catching Circuses in Europe Mann, William H. 1939 12 2-3 p.27 1938
Will It Be The One Ring Circus?
(Jumbo Went Over Big)
  1939 12 2-3 p.28 One Ring?, 1938
Winifred Colleano, Single Trapeze Rogers, Jack 1939 12 2-3 p.29 1938, Colleano, Winifred
Ad (Capt. Engerer-Lion Trainer)   1939 12 2-3 p.32 W.P.A. Circus, 1938
Settled Labor Trouble at Parley   1939 12 2-3 p.38 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Strike, 1938
Wire walker for HW Paralyzed   1939 12 2-3 p.39 Wire Walker, 1938,
Crawson, Billy
Pix of Cristiani Bros
in Mills Circus in London
  1939 12 2-3 p.39 1938
Books   1939 12 2-3 p.41 1938
Zoo Notes   1939 12 2-3 p.42 1938
Death of Armando Novello   1939 12 4-5 p. 2 1939, Toto the Clown
Sailed from NY to Eng.
(1877 Took Show To S.Am)
Olzendam, E.N. 1939 12 4-5 p. 3 Great American Circus, 1857
Cushing, Joe
Twins born to them (2/25)   1939 12 4-5 p. 4 1939, Jacobs, Terrell
Big Show Reborn
(Air-Conditioned/Restyled)
Braden, Frank 1939 12 4-5 p. 5 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
1939, North, John Ringling
Adding New Parade Equipment   1939 12 4-5 p. 6 Parker and Watts, 1939
Lion Trainer (WPA Circus)
Lost Arm Yrs Ago, is Clawed
  1939 12 4-5 p. 8 1939, Engerer, Cap. Ernest
Renoir and the
Art of the Circus
  1939 12 4-5 p. 9 Art, Renoir
Fans Honor Roth
(40 Yrs in Show Business)
  1939 12 4-5 p.11 1939, Roth, Louis
Looks Like Two
R.R. Shows This Season
  1939 12 4-5 p.11 1939
Sold to New Corporation
Sparks Retired(54 Trucks)
  1939 12 4-5 p.12 Downie Bros., 1939,
Sparks, Charles
Death of Mrs Sparks
(4/4/39)
  1939 12 4-5 p.12 Downie Bros., 1939,
Sparks, Mrs Charles
Circus Books   1939 12 4-5 p.12  
Injured (heal, off wire
for 8 weeks then Hand at Radio C)
  1939 12 4-5 p.13 1939, Colleano, Con
Baby Elephant for
Tarzan Movie (in Fla)
  1939 12 4-5 p.13 Movies, 1939, Tarzan
Zoo Notes   1939 12 4-5 p.13 1939
Proper Size for
Circus Tent (by Main)
  1939 12 4-5 p.15 Walter L. Main, 1939
Loading Schedule
of English Circus
  1939 12 4-5 p.16 Bertram Mills Circus, 1939
Circus Fan buys
8 Truck Show
  1939 12 4-5 p.17 Whittmarsh and
Brownlie European Circus, 1939,
Brownlie, Thomas
Elephant's Hearts May Give
Clue to Treatment of Humans
  1939 12 4-5 p.17 Elephants, 1939
Five lion cubs born
at Rochester, Ind
  1939 12 4-5 p.18 Clyde Beatty, 1939
Bill of Sale,
Robinson to Robinson
  1939 12 4-5 p.18 John Robinson, 1859
Circus Notes
Will Not Go Out in 39
Equipment Sold
  1939 12 4-5 p.18 Tom Mix Circus, 1939
Pix of Cole Show Advertizing
Studebaker (O.Griebling)
  1939 12 8-9 back Cole Bros., Clowns, 1939
Pix of Parade Band Wagon
(CFA Circus in 39)
  1939 12 8-9 cover Parker and Watts, 1939
Circus 21 Years Ago (1918)   1939 12 8-9 p.16 Sells-Floto, 1918
Memories of the Circus
and its People
Shettel, James W. 1939 12 8-9 p.17 1939
Rocco, The Prince of Clowns Goodwin, Wendell 1939 12 8-9 p.23 W.P.A. Circus, Clown, 1938
At the NY World's Fair
(Miniture Show Like Human One)
  1939 12 8-9 p.24 Beech-Nut Miniature
Circus, 1939
Cooperative ("$30 every Thrusday")
on W.Coast 86Days
  1939 12 8-9 p.24 Ham and Eggs Circus, 1939
in 1867   1939 12 8-9 p.25 Yankee Robinson, 1867
Visit to Hamid's Pier,
Atlantic City for Summer
  1939 12 8-9 p.26 Clyde Beatty, 1939
Cartoon of the
New Interior of RBBB
Knecht, Karl Kae 1939 12 10-11 cover Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1939
Changing of Siam's Name
Called "Unfair" To Circus Twins
  1939 12 10-11 p. 2 Sideshow, 1939
Lovely Artiste Who Wouldn't
Give Up (Trapeze) Fall
Hallowell, Henry 1939 12 10-11 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1939,
Bartoni, Fritzi
Column From Iowa   1939 12 10-11 p. 4 Cole Bros., 1939
Elephant Loose for 3 Days   1939 12 10-11 p. 5 Russell Bros., 1939
Circus Notes - HW owes
$1,809 To Pasadena, CA
  1939 12 10-11 p. 6 Hagenbeck and Wallace,
End of Circus, 1939
Death (wife of the late
Sells-Floto Equestrian Director)
  1939 12 10-11 p. 6 1939, Ledgett, Irene
Rogers Designs Movie
for Marx Bros (Day at the Circus)
  1939 12 10-11 p. 6 Movie, 1939
Cartoon on what the
Unions are Doing
Knecht, Karl Kae 1939 12 10-11 p. 7 Unions, 1939
Fan Spends 3 Days with RBBB Silloway, Perley M. 1939 12 10-11 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1939
Circus Glossary, Lot Lingo   1939 12 10-11 p. 9 Language, 1939
Route in S Calif   1939 12 10-11 p.12 Ham and Eggs Circus 1939
Early Doings in
Am. First Zoo (Philadelphia)
Conant, Roger 1939 12 10-11 p.13 Zoo History, 1875
Bring Parade to Grand Rapids
Fine Performance
  1939 12 10-11 p.15 Cole Bros., 1939

1940

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
When the American Circus
Went Abroad
Sturtevant, C.G. 1940 13 2-3 p. 3 Foreign Tours
Parade Line Up   1940 13 2-3 p. 6 Adam ForePaugh, 1888
Santa Claus Parade Unit   1940 13 2-3 p. 6 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1939
Supplying Circus Elephants (Burma) Patzert, M. 1940 13 2-3 p. 7 Elephants, 1939
Columbus,
The Home of Sells Bros
  1940 13 2-3 p. 8 Sells Bros.
Loading the Train in 1939   1940 13 2-3 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Horses, Riders and Circuses
(Esquire)
Brody, Iles 1940 13 2-3 p.11 Horse Trainer, 1939,
Heyer, Cap William
Opens Jungle Zoo in
Ft Lauderdale Fla (12/2/39)
  1940 13 2-3 p.13 Clyde Beatty, Zoo, 1939
Frank and Lucia Walter
Real Circus Fans
  1940 13 2-3 p.15 1939, Walter, Frank
Early Doings in Am. First Zoo
(Philadelphia) (Pt2)
Conant, Roger 1940 13 2-3 p.23 Zoo
Winter Quarters at Baldwin Park
Abandoned (Equip sold)
  1940 13 2-3 p.25 Al G. Barnes,
End of Circus, 1939
Winter Quarters at Baldwin Park
Abandoned (Equip sold)
  1940 13 2-3 p.25 Hagenbeck & Wallace,
End of Circus, 1939
Circus on Tour
(Decision to Close)
  1940 13 2-3 p.27 Bertram Mills Circus (England),
(War), 1939
Elephant-Waddy (Boston Zoo)
Oldest in World/Travels
  1940 13 2-3 p.28 Elephant "Waddy", 1939
In 1867   1940 13 2-3 p.31 Yankee Robinson, 1867
Quarter Inch
The Coming Scale for Circus Models
Rhodes, Douglas 1940 13 4-5 p. 3 Miniature Circus, 1940
Visit to Goebel's Lion Farm   1940 13 4-5 p. 5 1940
The Show Goes On
Permitted to Show During War
Mills, Cyril Bertram 1940 13 4-5 p. 6 Bertram Mills Circus (England),
(War), 1940
My Experience With A
White Elephant (in Russia)
Buel, J.W. 1940 13 4-5 p. 7 Elephant (White), 1882
Zoo Notes (LA Zoopark
Closes, Olga Celeste there)
  1940 13 4-5 p. 8 1940, Celeste, Olga
May the Circus Live On
(History of Showing Animals NY)
  1940 13 4-5 p. 8  
Honorary Ringmasters   1940 13 4-5 p.10 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1940
Lord George Sanger's Cirucs
in its Hey-Day
  1940 13 4-5 p.11 Sanger, George
Death (64 yrs)   1940 13 4-5 p.12 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Sideshow Manager, 1940,
Ingalls, Clyde
Correct the Evils
To Help the Circus (Be Up-To-Date)
Pape, Billy 1940 13 4-5 p.13 1940
Burned Out But Will Open
May 2nd (Fire in WQ)
  1940 13 4-5 p.14 Cole Bros., 1940
Opened at Donna, TX   1940 13 4-5 p.14 Russell Bros., 1940
Circus News - Worker Enters
Lion Enclosure Attacked
  1940 13 4-5 p.15 Clyde Beatty,
Zoo Jungle, 1940
Has 1 Ring Circus (Bought from
E. Meitus who got Seils-S)
  1940 13 4-5 p.16 1940, Joyce, Jack
Tusko's Ghost (Stuffed)
Discovered in Cold Storage
  1940 13 4-5 p.16 Elephant "Tusko", 1940
Death in Indiana (75 Yrs)
(Former manager S-F)
  1940 13 6-7 p. 2 Gentry Bros., 1940,
Gentry, Henry B.
Death (78 yrs) Early Head Balancing
on Trapeze(as "Martino")
  1940 13 6-7 p. 3 1940, Cleary, "Sig" John
Performance   1940 13 6-7 p. 4 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1940
Death - With HW   1940 13 6-7 p. 4 Clown (Juggler), 1940,
Potter, William L.
Boss Canvasman's Kid Kelley, Bev. 1940 13 6-7 p. 5 1940
San Antonio Zoo (History) Sturtevant, C.G. 1940 13 6-7 p. 7 Zoo, 1914
Pix of Big Show at
Madison Sq Garden ("Spec")
  1940 13 6-7 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Pix of Show, 1940
History of the Mighty Haag
(told by a trouper)
  1940 13 6-7 p.11 Haag Shows
Moving on 25 Cars/Program   1940 13 6-7 p.13 Cole Bros., 1940
Recalls 1st Visit of RB
(from York Pa. Dispatch)
  1940 13 8-9 p. 9 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1898
Circus Portrait in Miniature
(at Goebel's)
Osman 1940 13 8-9 p.11 Zoo Goebel's 1000 Oaks,
1940, Roth, Louis
Death - The Passing of a
Friend of the CFA
  1940 13 8-9 p.14 Cole Bros., 1940,
Adkins, Jess
Elephants Die in Barn Fire   1940 13 8-9 p.15 Elephants, 1940, Goebel,
Her Experiences
in the Circus
  1940 13 8-9 p.17 Tight Wire, Millman, Bird
Catholic Circus (St Martha's
in Sarasota) one ring
  1940 13 8-9 p.18 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1928
Bushman-Gorilla
at Lincoln Park Zoo
Young, Floyd Dir. 1940 13 8-9 p.19 Gorilla "Bushman", 1940
Purpose - Founded by
Don L. Smith in 1939
  1940 13 8-9 p.20 CHS
Program and Staff Silloway, Perley M. 1940 13 8-9 p.21 Bud Anderson's Jungle Oddities
and Cir., 1940
Circus is Not Slipping
2 Hemisphere Parades Des Moines
  1940 13 8-9 p.21 1940
Zoo Notes   1940 13 8-9 p.22 1940
Pixs of Show   1940 13 10-11 back Cole Bros., 1940
Public Memorials to
Harry Hertzberg-San Antonio Library
  1940 13 10-11 p. 2 1940, Hertzberg, Harry
Circus Without Horses
(History/Program)in Austria
Shettel, James W. 1940 13 10-11 p. 3 Sells Bros., 1891
Death-Circus Fan, collector
(esp Tom Thumb)
  1940 13 10-11 p. 7 1940, Hertzberg, Harry
Death - (52 yrs) in Colo.   1940 13 10-11 p. 9 Tight Wire, 1940,
Millman, Bird
Reads Circus Story During
Air Raid Warning-Mill's Closed
  1940 13 10-11 p.10 Bertram Mills Circus (England),
(War), 1940
Copy of Program   1940 13 10-11 p.10 Mann, Moore and Co. 1853
Elephant Keeper Hurt
at Fort Worth Zoo
  1940 13 10-11 p.12 Elephant, 1940
Great Show Celebrities
(Several from Late 1800's)
  1940 13 10-11 p.13 Castello, Dan
A Visit to Cole Bros Silloway, Perley M. 1940 13 10-11 p.15 Cole Bros., 1940
Dr Mann Returns from Africa
to Washington DC Zoo
Goss, Gerald G. 1940 13 10-11 p.17 Zoo, 1940
Reflections From Attending
2 Circuses (RBBB also)
  1940 13 10-11 p.18 Cole Bros., 1940
Fernandez All-American Circus
Opened in Honolulu
Rolling, R.E. 1940 13 12-1 p. 3 1940, Fernandez, E.K.
Law in Pennsylvania
(Net Needed for Trapeze, Knife Thr)
  1939[?] 13 12-1 p. 4 Law, 1939
Man Who Lived in a Zoo Lake, Austen 1939 [?] 13 12-1 p. 5 Animal Importer, 1939,
Benson, John
Death - Mix Meets Death
in Auto Accident
  1940 13 12-1 p. 5 Tom Mix Circus, 1940
Notes from RBBB (people)   1939 [?] 13 12-1 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1939
A Baby elephant
for Fort Worth Zoo
  1940 13 12-1 p. 6 Elephant, 1940
Sets 1940 Dates,
buys new Calliope
  1939 [?] 13 12-1 p. 7 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1939
Elephant killed in Calif   1939 [?] 13 12-1 p. 7 "Billy Sunday", 1939
Zoo Notes (Brookfield Hires
Miss Knecht for Tours)
  1939 [?] 13 12-1 p. 7 Zoo, 1939
Death - Writer (53yrs)
Hanged himself
  1940 13 12-1 p. 7 1940, Cooper, Courtney Ryley
RBBB Tribute to Harry Hertzberg   1940 13 12-1 p. 7 1940, Hertzberg, Harry
Troupers
40 years with the circus
  1940 13 12-1 p. 8 1940, Bradna, Fred

1941

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
First Circus Elephants
in Am. and Their Keepers
  1941 14 2-3 p. 1 Elephants
Ye Circus of Bygone Days Silloway, Perley M. 1941 14 2-3 p. 3  
Circus of the 80's Shettel, James W. 1941 14 2-3 p. 7 Sells Bros., 1880
Bear Kills Lion, Clawed Keeper
(Owner in alien prison)
  1941 14 2-3 p. 9 Schultz Animal Circus, 1940
Circus Set Records   1941 14 2-3 p.10 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1940
Norman Bel Geddes
Streamlining Circus
  1941 14 2-3 p.10 Ringling Bros. B. & B., 1941
Year of 1940 Grace, John P. 1941 14 2-3 p.11 Review Year, 1940
Death - Killed by
Auto at Peru
  1941 14 2-3 p.12 1940, Woeckener, Mrs Eddie
Pix of Cole Bros
on West Coast
  1941 14 2-3 p.13 Cole Bros., 1940
Retired Newspaperman
Builds Miniature Circus
  1941 14 2-3 p.19 1940, Woods, Walter H.
British Sec of CFA
not Flight Lieutenant
  1941 14 2-3 p.21 Bertram Mills Circus (England),
(War), 1940
San Antonio Zoo
Buys Fair Elephants
  1941 14 2-3 p.21 Elephants, 1940
Trains loading list   1941 14 2-3 p.23 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1940
Going Places
(by Roland Butler)
  1941 14 2-3 p.24 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1940
Photo, Ernstine Clarke   1941 14 4-5 cover  
Let's Talk Circus   1941 14 4-5 p. 2 Snow Park, Binghamton, NY
Obituary, Gutzon Borglum   1941 14 4-5 p. 2  
Obituary, Paul E. McSween   1941 14 4-5 p. 2  
Dode Fisk Had Unique Funeral   1941 14 4-5 p. 2 Fisk's Great Combined Shows 1941
CFA Dues Lowered   1941 14 4-5 p. 3  
Los Angeles Shrine
Had One Night Circus
  1941 14 4-5 p. 4 1941
Circus Notes   1941 14 4-5 p. 4  
Fan Notes   1941 14 4-5 p. 4  
Early Circus Recalled Brachman, Harry 1941 14 4-5 p. 5 Early Mexican circus,
Cole's circus
Walter Edmonds Gives Royalties
from British Sale of
"Chad Hanna" to War Relief
Bird, A. 1941 14 4-5 p. 7 Circus novel
Gargantua Meets His Mate   1941 14 4-5 p. 7 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1941
Movie "Chad Hanna"   1941 14 4-5 p. 7 Movie, 1941
(Winter Thrill Circus)   1941 14 4-5 p. 7 George Hamid, Bob Morton
Circus Parade to Be Feature
of Campbell Bros.-Stensvad
  1941 14 4-5 p. 8 Mystic Circus 1941
Conn. Fans Buck Snow to
Attend Indoor Circus
  1941 14 4-5 p. 8 Grotto Circus 1941
Fan Notes   1941 14 4-5 p. 8 Fernandez show, Hawaii
Clyde Beatty with
Johnny J. Jones
  1941 14 4-5 p. 8 Carnival, 1941
Gainesville Circus to
open in April
  1941 14 4-5 p. 9 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1941
New CFA Chaplain   1941 14 4-5 p. 9 1941, Sullivan, Fr. Edward
Fan Notes   1941 14 4-5 p. 9  
Honors Former Circus
Bandmasters (King, J. Richards)
  1941 14 4-5 p.10 Bandmasters, 1941
Notes From the Zoos   1941 14 4-5 p.10  
Ernest Clarke   1941 14 4-5 p. 11 Death 1941,
flying return act
Fan Notes   1941 14 4-5 p. 11 Stoddard Steam calliope,
performers at theater
Circus Books and Magazines   1941 14 4-5 p. 12 1941
Old Time Circus Parade
Steam Calliope Players
Landers, E. D. 1941 14 4-5 pp. 13-14  
Circus Sawdust Hatsing, Harry W. 1941 14 4-5 p. 14 Hamid-Morton, indoor 1941
Boy Who Walks "The Straight
and Narrow Path"
Hollowell, Henry 1941 14 4-5 pp. 15-16 Harold Barnes, tight wire
Circus Notes Hollowell, Henry 1941 14 4-5 p. 16 Clarke family, Terrell Jacobs,
Cole Bros.
Six Shows in One   1941 14 4-5 p. 16 Bud Anderson's
Jungle Oddities 1938-39
Our Circus Fans Royer, Archie (Dad) 1941 14 4-5 p. 16 Poem
Nazis Thwarted by
Circus Horses (rode to freedom)
  1941 14 6-7 p. 2 War, 1941,
Konyot, Arthur
A Shoe that Danced
Around the World
Sterling, Janet 1941 14 6-7 p. 2 Tight Wire, 1941,
Millman, Bird
New, Modern Big Show
Under Canvas
Hildreth, Melvin D. 1941 14 6-7 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1941
Cuban Circus History   1941 14 6-7 p. 4 Cuban Circuses
Pleasing Large Crowds Grace, John P. 1941 14 6-7 p. 5 Cole Bros., 1941
Back Home
On the Lot/Program
May, Earl Chapin 1941 14 6-7 p. 7 Russell Bros., 1941
Presenting Interesting
Show/Program/Staff
  1941 14 6-7 p. 9 Wallace Bros., 1941
Brookfield's Baby Giraffe   1941 14 6-7 p.10 Giraffe, 1941
The American Circus Parade
Its Origin (pt 1)
Sturtevant, C.G. 1941 14 6-7 p.11 Parade History (Pt1)
New Acts   1941 14 6-7 p.14 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1941
Death-Memorial Service   1941 14 6-7 p.15 Press Agent, 1941,
Fellows, Dexter
New License Fees for
Outdoor Shows (Evansvile, Ind)
  1941 14 6-7 p.15 Tax, 1941
Operation on Fat Lady
Delayed, Bed Collapses
  1941 14 6-7 p.17 Sideshow, 1941,
Pontico, Ruth (800lbs)
Three men killed in wreck
(not circus people)
  1941 14 6-7 p.18 Russell Bros., 1941
Spotlight Passes Maestro of Circus   1941 14 6-7 p.19 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Bandmaster, 1941, Evans, Mearl
Zoo Gets Rise out of
Sea Lions (you can feed them)
  1941 14 6-7 p.20 Zoo Brookfield, 1941
His Story Gaudreau, Leo 1941 14 6-7 p.21 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Animal Trainer (Cats),
1941, Court, Alfred
Hartford Shrine Circus
Cast and fans
  1941 14 6-7 p.22 1941
Zoo Notes
(Slim Lewis attacked by Ziggy)
  1941 14 6-7 p.24 Elephant "Ziggy"
Lewis attacked,
1941, Lewis, "Slim" George
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Dailey,
Anderson, Mills, Russ.)
  1941 14 6-7 p.24 Routes (Wallace), 1941
R. Equestrian Circus
Introduced at Hartford/Program
  1941 14 8-9 p. 4 Rickett's Circus, 1795,
Ricketts, John B.
Strong Man and the Lion Gaudreau, Leo 1941 14 8-9 p. 5 Sandow, Eugene
Program
(using Tim McCoy's old tent
  1941 14 8-9 p. 6 Bud Anderson's Circus, 1941
Cartoon - a look at JR North's
new idea for tent
Knecht, Karl Kae 1941 14 8-9 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Tent (outside poles and ropes), 1941
Worked Shrine Circus
on his Vacation (his life)
  1941 14 8-9 p. 7 Clown, 1941,
Anthony, Bumpsy
Summer Time is Circus Time   1941 14 8-9 p. 8 Review, 1941
Fans Open Outdoor Season   1941 14 8-9 p. 9 Wallace Bros., 1941
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Russell, Mills,
Gainesville, BudA)
  1941 14 8-9 p.12 Routes, 1941
Circus Renders Public Service Dallman, V. Y. 1941 14 10-11 p. 2  
Financial Comment Boyle, Harlold J. 1941 14 10-11 p. 2 Effect of circus on
a city's economy
Frank Hartless Elected Boyle, Harlold J. 1941 14 10-11 pp. 3-6, 11-16 CFA Annual Meeting,
convention
Library Addition Started
for Hertzberg Collection
  1941 14 10-11 p. 4 Harry Hertzberg
San Antonio Library
Greetings to
All Circus Fans!
Sturtevant, C. G. 1941 14 10-11 p. 10 Circuses 1891
American Circus Parade
and Its Origin
Sturtevant, C. G. 1941 14 10-11 pp. 7-10 Parade History (Pt2)
Hard Luck Follows
Russell Brothers Circus
  1941 14 10-11 p. 18 Blow down 1941
On the Lot with
Bud Anderson's Circus
Silloway, P. M. 1941 14 10-11 p. 19 1941
Notes from the Zoos
Major Events at Bronx Zoo
  1941 14 10-11 p. 21 1941
Zoologist Says Birds and Animals
Live on Opposite Sides of Track
  1941 14 10-11 p. 21 1941
Circus Books and Magazines   1941 14 10-11 p. 21 1941
Rex de Rosselli   1941 14 10-11 p. 22 Obituary, press agent
Fan Notes   1941 14 10-11 p. 22 Wallace Bros. 1941
Circus Routes   1941 14 10-11 p. 23 Railroad & motorized
shows, 1941
Big Show Band Music
Now on Records
  1941 14 10-11 p. 23 Merle Evans, 1941 show
(Photos, Convention, Springfield Ill.)   1941 14 10-11 back
cover
Cole Bros., 1941
Blackout at Sanger's   1941 14 12 p. 2 WWII effect on circus
James Sanger, Lord George
Record Circus Crowds
Kicked in Huge Taxes
  1941 14 12 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1941
Fred Beckmann   1941 14 12 p. 2 Obituary. Beckmann & Gerety Shows
Circus Crowds Pay Huge Tax
($6,750 for 2 shows)
  1941 14 12 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Tax & License Fee, 1941
Blackout At Sanger's Circus   1941 14 12 p. 2 Sanger's Circus, War, 1941
Big Days with the
Greatest Show on Earth
Lewis, Dick 1941 14 12 pp. 3-4 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1941
Bob Stickney Died
at the Age of 69
  1941 14 12 p. 4 Obituary 1941
American Circus Parade
and Its Origin
Sturtevant, C. G. 1941 14 12 pp. 5-10 Parade History
Circus Books and Magazines Sturtevant, C. G. 1941 14 12 p. 10 Parade History
Passing of a Pioneer Lady
of the Circus
  1941 14 12 p. 11 Elizabeth Ringling,
wife of Al
Circus Fans
(reprint from Eagle Magazine)
  1941 14 12 p. 13 1941
James Whalen Passes Away
after a Few Days Illness
  1941 14 12 p.14 Superintendent of canvas
Hugh Rooney Dies Oct. 17th
at Leiser Home
  1941 14 12 p.14  
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Wallace)
  1941 14 12 p. 15 Routes, 1941
Trapeze Artist
Killed by Train
  1941 15 1-2 p. 2 1941, William Arley
My Friend, Jimmy Whalen Sturtevant, C.G. 1941 15 1-2 pp. 5-7 Boss canvasman
Early Wagon Shows
At Hartford, Conn
  1941 15 1-2 p. 7 Shows 1795 - 1860s
Early Barnum Handbill   1941 15 1-2 p. 8 Barnum, 1851
Baby Rhinoceros at Chicago
Zoological Park
Bean. Ed. H. 1941 15 1-2 p. 8  
Circus of 1868 Grace, John P. 1941 15 1-2 pp. 9-10  
My Last Visit with
My Friend Milt Taylor
Marx, Albert A. 1941 15 1-2 p.10 Clown
Jimmy Wood and the
Yankee Patterson Circus
Lewis, Dick 1941 15 1-2 p. 11 Owner
Memories of Oldtime
Circus Man
  1941 15 1-2 p. 11 Archie Marvelle
(Marachione DiFatta)
All American Circus
Performance 1941
  1941 15 1-2 p. 12 Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey
Program, 1941
Al Hartmann   1941 15 1-2 p. 12 Obituary, Billboard editor
Circus Season of 1941 Grace, John P. 1941 15 1-2 p. 13-14 Review of shows 1941
Linda Jeal   1941 15 1-2 p. 14 Obituary, 1941
World's Fattest Woman
Is Dead
  1941 15 1-2 p. 14 Ruth Pontico, 1941
Local 'Daniels' Visit MGM Lion in His Den Here   1941 15 1-2 p. 14 MGM's performing lion
movie "Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Robert Matthews, trainer
World's Fattest Woman Is Dead   1941 15 1-2 p. 14 1941, Ruth Pontico
Mass Murder of
11 Elephants
  1941 15 1-2 p. 20 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1941
Circus Books and Magazines   1941 15 1-2 p. 20  
1941 Loading of
the Big Show
Potter, Gordon 1941 15 1-2 pp. 21-22 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Train, 1941

1942

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Charles T. Hunt   1942 15 3-4 cover Owner, photograph
Pawnee Bill   1942 15 3-4 p. 2 Gordon W. Lillie
Bridgeport Shocks Us   1942 15 3-4 p. 2 Circus lot site
Joe Cook, CFA, Ends
Long Career on the Stage
  1942 15 3-4 p. 2 1942
Eastern Fans to Meet
with Hunt Show at
Opening of 50th Year
Montague, W. L. 1942 15 3-4 pp. 3-6 Charles T. Hunt,
Hunt Bros.
Circus History of Midwest
During the Civil War
Conley, H. H. 1942 15 3-4 pp. 7-9 Shows, performers 1861
Southern Fans to Meet at
Opening of Gainesville Show
  1942 15 3-4 p. 10 Gainesville Community Circus
Pawnee Bill Last of the
Frontier Showmen
Airey, J. W. E. 1942 15 3-4 pp. 11-12 Gordon W. Lillie
Joseph Andrew Rowe Tent   1942 15 3-4 p. 12 Showmen, performers
Elephant Census
of the U.S.
Smith, A. Morton 1942 15 3-4 pp. 13-14 Elephant Census 1942
Clown at Hartford Shrine
Circus Died Suddenly
  1942 15 3-4 p. 14 Walter M. Buckingham
Buys Interest in Lewis Show   1942 15 3-4 p. 14 Duke of Paducah
Whitey Ford
Circus Books and Magazines   1942 15 3-4 p. 16  
First National Covention of
Circus Model Builders at Peru
  1942 15 3-4 p.16 CMB, 1942
Dailey Bros.
Opened in March
  1942 15 5-6 p. 2 1942
Eastern Sectonal Meeting
with Hunt Bros
  1942 15 5-6 pp. 3-4 Hunt Bros. 1942
Fans Report the Big Show
the Best Ever
  1942 15 5-6 p. 5 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Program, 1942
Kroener Dead; Circus
Keeper of Gargantua
  1942 15 5-6 p. 6 Gorilla "Gargantua",
1942, Richard Kroener
Bibliography of Circus Slang   1942 15 5-6 p. 7  
Cole Bros. Opening As
Seen by a Circus Fan
Wilson, E. H. 1942 15 5-6 p. 9 1942
With Dick Lewis
in Clown Alley
Harrison, Glenn F. 1942 15 5-6 pp. 10-11 Clown, 1942
Mardo Tent Entertain
Show People at Beatty's
Zoo Opening
  1942 15 5-6 p. 12 Clyde Beatty, 1942
10th Annual Olympia Circus
Program at Chicago
  1942 15 5-6 p. 12 Progarm 1942
Old Home Week for Fans
with Russell In and
Around Los Angeles
Lewis, Dick 1942 15 5-6 pp. 13-14 Russell Bros. 1942
Barnum's Early Fires Recalled   1942 15 5-6 p. 14  
Don Howland Adds to
His Circus Collection
  1942 15 5-6 p. 15  
Mills Bros. Circus   1942 15 5-6 p. 15 Program, 1942
Fan Notes   1942 15 5-6 p. 15 Cole Bros., Mills Bros.
Mbongo (1926-42) Benchley, Belle 1942 15 5-6 pp. 16-17 Gorilla, death
Circus Books and Magazines   1942 15 5-6 p. 17  
Old Time Circus Clown   1942 15 5-6 p. 17 Poem
Circus Books and Magazines   1942 15 5-6 p. 17  
Paul Cinquevalli   1942 15 5-6 p. 18 Juggler
Circus Routes
(Mills Br.; RBBB;
Cole,
Russel, King)
  1942 15 5-6 p.19 Routes 1942
We Need The Circus   1942 15 7-8 p. 2 1942
When Sells-Floto
Showed York, PA
Shettel, James W. 1942 15 7-8 pp. 3-5 1916
Two killed by
Snake in Carnival
  1942 15 7-8 p. 6 1942
Frank Walter's
Eleventh Annual Circus
  1942 15 7-8 pp. 7-8 Program 1942
Jacob A Wagner's Day
at Cole Bros. Circus
Kinney, Florence 1942 15 7-8 p. 10 1942
Des Moines Elephant Bought
by Cole Bros. for $750
  1942 15 7-8 p. 11 1942
Good Business At Rochelle   1942 15 7-8 p. 11 Mills Bros. 1942
Forepaugh, Barnum and
Buffalo Bill Featured Specs
in Early Days
  1942 15 7-8 p. 11 Mills Bros. 1942
Fans Work to Save Big
Show Date at New London
Soltesz, Julius 1942 15 7-8 p. 15 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
War, 1942
Memorial Service Held by
Hunt's 3 Ring Circus
for Charlie Mitchell
  1942 15 7-8 p. 15 Clown, died 1941
(Goodman Wonder Shows)   1942 15 7-8 p. 15 1941
14 Show Families at Providence
Find Trailer Ideal Homes
for Road Life
  1942 15 7-8 p. 16 Emil Pallenberg, others
Big Show Forced to Use
Canned Music by Strike
  1942 15 7-8 p. 16 Ringling-Barnum 1942
Notes From the Zoos   1942 15 7-8 p. 17  
Fan Notes   1942 15 7-8 p. 17 Performers, circuses
Circus Books and Magazines   1942 15 7-8 p. 17  
Fan Notes   1942 15 7-8 p. 18 Russell Bros.
Arthur carnival
V. & H. All American Circus   1942 15 7-8 p. 19 Verne Soules,
Harry LeRoy
Circus Routes
(Mills, RBBB,
Cole, Russell)
  1942 15 7-8 p. 19 Routes 1942
Tragedy at the Circus
  1942 15 9-10 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Menagerie fire Cleveland 1942
Hunt's Three-Ring Circus
Has Successful New England Tour
  1942 15 9-10 p. 4 Hunt Bros., 1942
Dr. David E. Reid
Has Nice Circus Season
  1942 15 9-10 p. 4 Russell Bros.,
Cole Bros., 1942
Trip to the
Cole Brothers Circus
Silloway, Perley M. 1942 15 9-10 pp. 5-6 1942
Kyes Tent on
Wallace Bros. Circus
  1942 15 9-10 pp. 7-8 1942
Elephant in
Bronx Zoo is Killed
  1942 15 9-10 p. 8 1942
Here Is a New Elephant Tale   1942 15 9-10 p. 10 Clyde Beatty,
Elephants, 1941
Newsmen Under the Big Top Ensworth, Bob 1942 15 9-10 pp. 11-12 Publicity
Gregorys Entertain
Dutton Circus Attractions
  1942 15 9-10 p. 13 Dutton Circus, 1942
Charley Hunt and
Bill Montague Have
Picture in Hartford Paper
  1942 15 9-10 p. 14 Hunt Bros. Circus
Come Hell - Come High Water Zeeryp, Dorothy H. 1942 15 9-10 p. 15 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
season's problems
Books and Magazines   1942 15 9-10 p. 16  
Accidents to Circus People
Are Frequent
  1942 15 9-10 p. 16 Fires, wrecks,
blow-downs, fights
Circus Routes
(Mills, RBBB,
Cole, Russell)
  1942 15 9-10 p. 18 Routes, 1942
A friend of Barnum   1942 15 9-10 pp. 18-19 "Judge" H. P. Ingalls
Private Robert McKeone   1942 15 11-12 p. 2 Acrobat
Circus Man Survives
Attack by Elephant
  1942 15 11-12 p. 4 Cole Bros.,
Elephant "Big Joe",
Earl Page, 1942
Book "Animals Are My Hobby"   1942 15 11-12 p. 4 Lintz, Gertrude Davies
Chic Circus Gal Enumerates
Experiences Under Big Top
Mayer, Evelyn 1942 15 11-12 p. 7 Ringling, Mable
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