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White Tops

Partial Index of Articles, 1942 - 1950

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 may be 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.

1943

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Walter McLain   1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 2 Death, superintendent elephants
Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Dedication of the Hertzberg
Circus Collection
Smith, A. Morton 1942-43 16 No. 1-2 pp. 3-5 Harry Hertzberg,
San Antonio Library
He Looked Like Sanger   1942-43 16 No. 1-2 pp. 7-8, 17 Billy Allen, Circus Fan
Circus Season of 1942 Grace, John P. 1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 9 Review
Check List of Principal Circus
Articles and Associated Subjects
in Magazines, Year 1942
Wilson, Burt L. 1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p.10  
Bill Montague's Trip to
the Convention That Was
Not Held
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 11  
All-American Circus Performance for 1942   1942-43 16 No. 1-2 pp. 12, 14 CFA's choice
best performers, acts
How the Big Show
Was Loaded in 1932
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 pp. 13-14 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Zoo Attendance versus
Gasoline Rationing
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 pp. 18-19 War time, 1942
(Buck Jones death)   1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 21 Wild West rider
Jacobs States That Modoc
Is Not Bad Elephant
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 22 Runaway, 1942
Walter McClain Killed
at Jacksonville, Florida
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p.23 1942
Circus Fans Night
on Cole Bros. Circus . . .
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 25 1942
Circus Routes   1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p. 26 Ringling-Barnum,
Cole Bros.
Animals were McLain's Friends Kelley, Beverly 1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p.27 Walter McClain,
elephant trainer
Juggler Extraordinary
Among Stars of
"This Is the Army" Hit
  1942-43 16 No. 1-2 p.27 Larry Weeks
Man Who Stuffed Jumbo   1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 2 Death,
Charles Howell Ward
Trainer Says Dogs
Are Never Too Old
For New Tricks
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 2 Rudd Weatherwax
Born to the Business
A Sketch of Circusman
Bert Cole
Sturtevant, C.G. 1943 16 No. 3-4 pp. 3-4, 12  
Robert Ringling Guest
of Cooper Top -
Show to Go Out
with Old Style Canvas
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 5 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
P. G. Lowery   1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 6 Musician, death 1942
Earl Shipley   1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 6 Clown
Do You Remember?
Performers Engaged for
Hagenbeck-Wallace Season 1924
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 7  
Auction of the
Forepaugh & Sells
Brothers Circus
Conley, Henry, MD 1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 8 1905
Additions to 1942 List
of Circus Articles in Magazines
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 8  
Roxie, Powers Elephant
Act Leader, Dies
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 9 1943
Ringling Bros. Circus
in New England States,
New York and New Jersey
1894-1900
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 10  
Merle Evans Presesnted With
Air Calliope by Tent Members
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 11 Band leader
I saw Buffalo Bill
on Dramatic Stage Before
His Wild West Days
Garvie, Billy S. 1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 12  
New Three-Ring Circus Ready
to Travel in April
  1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 13 Victory Circus 1943
Bud Anderson
Notes From the Zoos   1943 16 No. 3-4 p. 16  
Jean Allen   1943 16 No. 5-6 cover Photograph,
Cole Bros., 1943
Answer for the W. P. B.   1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 2 Labor shortage 1943
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Russell,
Mills, Wallace)
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 4 1943
CFA Covers Big Show
Opening in New York City
Ensworth, Bob 1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 5-6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Circus Books and Magazines   1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 6  
Two Day Visit
with Cole Bros. Circus
Gregory, Tom
Gregory, Winnie
1943 16 No. 5-6 pp. 7-8 Cole Bros., 1943
Russell Bros. Circus
Opened to Good Business
Lewis, Dick 1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 9 1943
Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus
Visited by A. Morton Smith
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 10 1943
Curly Misses Potter's Field
Finds Friends
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 10 Sword Swallower, 1943
Mills Bros. Circus
Opened at Ashland, Ohio
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 11 1943
Temper of Monkey Star
Too Much for Zoo Show
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 11 St. Louis Zoo, 1943
Leopard Claws Woman Trainer   1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 12 May Kovar
Charles Sparks Manager
of Garden Show "Spangles"
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 12 RBBB 1943
Hunt Opened Season
at Summerville, N.J.
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 13 Hunt Bros. 1943
Miracles Really Can Happen
Famous Rueben Ray Family Finally Located
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 13  
Notes from the Zoos   1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 15 1943
Gives Circus Collection
to Library at Howard
  1943 16 No. 5-6 p. 16 George Brinton Beal
Harvard Theater Collection
Publicity Mats Used
by Russell Bros. Circus
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 back
cover
1943
Big Show Moves
after Matinee at Chicago
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
War travel, 1943
60th Annual Tour
of the Ringling Show
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 pp. 3-4 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Barnum of the Sticks Powers, Murray 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 pp. 5-6, 12 Small Circuses
Going Places with
Cole Brothers Circus
Silloway, Perley M. 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 pp. 7-8 Cole Bros., 1943
Notes from the Zoos   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 8 1943
Launching the Liberty
Ship P. T. Barnum
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 9 1943
Spangles Clown
Proud of His Art
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 10 A. Robins
"Diamond Dick" Dies
at Age of 74
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 10 Richard Tanner,
marksman, show owner
Visits Show   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p.11 James M. Cole, 1943
Civil War Circus Days
at Hartford, Connecticut
Garvie, Billy S. 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 11  
Old Friends -
Fred Work and Alice
Garvie, Billy S. 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 11 Elephant Alice
James L. Shuster Visits
James M. Cole Circus
Garvie, Billy S. 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 11  
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Russell, Mills)
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 12 1943
Flying Millettes Quit Big Top
to Enter Fafnir Arsenal . . .
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p.13 War, 1943
Circus Cancels Performance
After Day of Reverses
  1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p.14 Dailey Bros. 1943
Three Weeks with
Russell Bros. Circus
Marcks, Donald 1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 14 1943
Big One in New England   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 15 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Spangles Closes but Will not Take to the Road   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 15 RBBB 1943
(Tent used for third War Loan Drive)   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p.15 Larry Sunbrock 1943
John T. Benson   1943 16 No. 7-8-9 p. 15 Death, animal importer
How the "American Giant"
Circus Strongman Became
English Ring Champ
Garavie, Billy S. 1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 2 Charley Freeman 1840s
Circus Labor Shortage
Barnum & Bailey in 1903 . . .
Shettel, James W. 1943 16 No.10-11-12 pp. 3-5, 10  
He Doesn't Have to
Wait for Ringlings
Beal, George B. 1943 16 No.10-11-12 pp. 7-8 Miniature Circus,
Eric Olson
Death Takes John T. Benson   1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 9 Animal importer
Sam Gumpertz Marries   1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 10 Beatrice Francis Wood
Violent Circus Days Sturtevant, C. G. 1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 11 1865-66
Great Peters Killed
at St. Louis
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p.12 Aloys Peters, hanging act
Clawed, Chawed and Hospitalized
5 Years Keeper Still Trusts Pets
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 12 Capt Curley Wilson
animal trainer
Circus Fan Writes
Frank M. Sparks Column. . .
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 13 Performers
Tiny Circus Entertains
U.S. Troops in Africa
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 14 Cirque Antonio
Front-Line Circus Troupe
Big Hit with Red Fighters
Pozdneva, Olga 1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 14 Circus Troupe in Leningrad
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Mills)
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p.14 1943
New Orleans Fans Visit
Performers at Pontchartrain Beach
  1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 15 1943
Boston Shrine Circus Montague, Bill 1943 16 No.10-11-12 p. 15 Hamid-Morton 1943

1944

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Marker Erected to Memory of
Circus Elephant Killed
  1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 2 Cole Bros.,
Elephant "Pitt", 1943
Barnum's Telegram to Bailey
for Elephant Advertized
  1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 4  
Zoo Notes   1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 4 Zoo
Famous Family of
American Performers
Sturtevant, C.G. 1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 5 Equestrians,
Davenport Family
Are Circus Performers Human Wireman, George 1944 17 No. 1-2 p.19 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Merle Evans Bandmaster
Season of 1943   1944 17 No. 1-2 p.22 Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros,
Route, 1943
Circus Premiere   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Tribute to Baraboo   1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling Bros.
Beatrice M. Offineer CFA . . .   1944 17 No. 1-2 p. 3 Circuses, shows,
freaks in India
Cronin to Have Circus
on West Coast
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 3 S. L. Cronin 1944
Polack Bros. Shrine Circus   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 4 Program, 1944
Famed Ringling Horseman Dies   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 4 Herman Ostermaier
There Are Still
Real Troupers
Lewis, Dick 1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 6 Cole Bros. 1944
Check List of Magazine
Articles Containing Circus Material
Wilson, Burt L. 1944 17 No. 3-4 pp. 7-8 Artical Index 1943
Big Show to Give
Two Shows Under Canvas . . .
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 10 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Letter   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 11 Parker & Watts
last parades
List of Circuses and
Menageries of the
Season of 1844
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 11  
Barnum's Great Show   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 11 1872
Original Wildmen of
Borneo at Hartford,
Conn., in 1855
Garvie, Billy 1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 11 1855
Circuses in England
Last Winter
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p.12  
Polack Bros. Circus
Civic Center,
Hammond, Indiana
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 12 Program 1944
Circus   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 12 London, England
Frieda an Elephant
That Didn't Forget
Collier, Joe 1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 13 Louis E. Reed
Belatedly, but Still Happily
Rudynoffs Become
United States Citizens
Collier, Joe 1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 13  
Beatty and Concello
Combined Shows . . .
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 14 Clyde Beatty-Russell Bros.
Barnum Great Showman,
but No Botanist
  1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 15  
Tornado Hits Circus   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 15 Al G. Kelly 1944
Great Showman but No Botanist   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 15 Barnum
Tornado Hits Circus   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 15 Kelly-Miller, Tornado, 1944
Circus Winter Quarters 1901   1944 17 No. 3-4 p. 16 List
Mrs. Adele Gruber   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 2 Death, wife of
Max Gruber
Big Show Bond Sale
Successful in New York
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Good Ship Dexter Fellows   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 2 Liberty ship, 1944,
Dexter W. Fellows
Big Show As Presented
in New York
Ensworth, Bob 1944 17 No. 5-6 pp. 3-4 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Cole Bros. Presents
a Well Balanced Program
Knecht, Karl Kae 1944 17 No. 5-6 pp. 5-6 1944 show
Clyde Beatty-Russell Bros.
Combined Circus
Anderson, Dick 1944 17 No. 5-6 pp. 7-8 1944 show
Gainsville Circus Has
183 Members in the Service
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 8 Closed 1944
Globe Bros. Circus
American Girl
with Red Cross in India
Attends Native Circus
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 9 Prof. Deval's
Wonder Circus
Emmett Kelly Cuts the Cake   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 10 Kelly's Marriage
President's Page   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 11 Mills Bros. 1944
James H. Northridge, CFA
Rides Big Show Train to N.Y.
Moiles, William 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Dailey Bros. New
Ten Car Railroad Show
Smith, A. Morton 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 13 Program 1944
Jay Gould's Circus Has
Bad Break in Rochelle
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 15 1944
List of Famous Musical Directors
of Big Show Bands on Circuses,
Past and Present
Sturtevant, C. G. 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 16 Bandmasters by Circus
Opening of Terrell Jacobs
Wild Animal Circus at Peru
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 17 1944
Circus Fan Realizes Ambition
to Own His Big Top Show
Smith, A. Morton 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 18 Vernon Pratt,
Hugo Bros, 1944
Mills Bros. Circus   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 19 Program 1944
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Dailey,
Mills, Beatty-Russell)
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 19 1944
Hartford Shrine Circus   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 20 Hamid-Morton 1944
Wallace Bros. Circus   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 20 Performer photographs
New Orleans First
Indoor Circus a Success
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 21 Ray Bros. 1944
Visits Quarters
of a New Circus
  1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 22 Arthur Bros. 1944
Recollections of the
Season of 1869
Moore, Theodore 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 23 Adam Forepaugh Circus
Mark Twain's Letter
to Buffalo Bill
Garvie, Billy 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 23 1886
Old Circus Fan
Delighted by Show Premiere
Cowing, George 1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 23 S. L. Cronin's Circus
Great International Circus   1944 17 No. 5-6 p. 24 1877
(Drawing - Clown crying, Hartford fire) Knecht, Karl Kae 1944 17 No. 7-8 cover Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Hartford Fire Kelley, Beverly 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Show Goes On   1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Big Show Hits Comeback Trail Gregory, Tom 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 3-4 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Barnum and Tom Thumb
Met Queen Victoria . . .
Garvie, Billy 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 4 1844
Disaster March -
the Holocaust at Hartford
Ensworth, Bob 1944 17 No. 7-8 pp. 5-7 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Escaped From
German Concentration Camp
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 7 German Circuses, performers
Togare, Sarasani,
Thetard, Medrano, others
Big Show Must
Go On and Does
Ensworth, Bob 1944 17 No. 7-8 pp. 9-10 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Clown with Saddest Face
Has Given Joy to Millions
Beal, George B. 1944 17 No. 7-8 pp. 11-12 Emmett Kelly
Good Will Toward the Circus Beal, George B. 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Visits the Yankee Doodle
Circus in England
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 12 Formerly Fossett's
New Britain Official
Vents Spleen on Herald
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Principal Fires
of Circus History
Smith, A. Morton 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 16 List
First Steam Calliope
Worcester Invention
Wilson, Clarence 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 17 James C. Stoddard 1855
Smaller Circus Profits
in Smaller Towns of U.S.
Powers, Murray 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 18 Shows 1944
Former Circus Man Dies   1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 18 William L. Belknap
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Mills,
Beatty-Russell)
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 19 1944
Tale of Famous
Elephant Stampedes
Davis, Charles 1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 20 Sells-Floto 1926
Who Can Be Blamed?
Was it an Act of God?
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 21 Hartford fire 1944
Circus Folk Take
Time Out to Stage
a Birthday Party
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 21 Fred Bradna 1944
Circus Books and Magazines   1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 22  
Notes from the Zoos   1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 23 1944
Sells Bros. Circus
Barred in Two Connecticut Towns
  1944 17 No. 7-8 p. 24 1944
To the Members of the CFA   1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Hal Olver Denies
Rapping CFA
  1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 2  
Bosses and Drivers
of Circus Baggage Stock
Sturtevant, C. G. 1944 17 No. 9-10 pp. 3-7  
Globe Bros. Enlarged
for Gainesville Texas Date
  1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 7 1944
Dumped in His Lap   1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 7 Fred Bradna
Circus Fanning Adventures Silloway, P. M. 1944 17 No. 9-10 pp. 10-11 Cole Bros. 1944
All Right, Wise Guy,
Answer These!
  1944 17 No. 9-10 pp. 11, 13 Quiz
Big Show's Grief in Chicago   1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 13 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Tusko Benedict, D. C. 1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 13 Elephant "Tusko"
Rogin Permanent Receiver
for Claims Against R-B
  1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 14 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Beatty-Russell, Mills)
  1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 14 1944
Unique Greeting Card   1944 17 No. 9-10 pp. 14-15 List of circuses
British Isles
Danny McPride Died of
Heart Attack in Chicago
  1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 15 Clown
(Gas stake driver)   1944 17 No. 9-10 p. 16 Hunt Bros.
Circus Fire Report   1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Early Dime Museums
Popular in Hartford
Garvie, Billy 1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 2 Freaks, illusions
Warner's Great Pacific
and Menagerie and Circus 1871
  1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 3  
Some Old Timers   1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 3 Wagons 1898
Who's Who Among the Governors Sturtevant, C. G. 1944 17 No. 11-12 pp. 5-10 Show owners
Do You Remember When . . .? Hemphill, P. R. 1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 10 Sparks circus 1929
Circus in Wartime Schlotzhauer, J 1944 17 No. 11-12 pp. 11-13 1944
Walter L. Main Recalls
Heyday of Wagon Shows
  1944 17 No. 11-12 pp. 15-16  
He Saw Jumbo Killed
by Engine
  1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 16 1885
Settlement Plan for
Circus Fire Suits Is Offered
  1944 17 No. 11-12 p. 22 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Seeks Divorce
and $250,000 Alimony
  1944 17 No.11-12 p.28 Harriett Hodgini Van Orman

1945

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Punishing the Guilty   1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Rehabilitating the Circus   1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Circus Control Bill
Prepared in Rhode Island
  1945 18 No. 1-2 pp. 2, 4 Restrictions on circuses
American Circus in Mexico Knecht, Karl Kae 1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 3 Gran Circo Americano 1944
Circus Men Get
Prison and Jail Terms
  1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Fans Visit Dailey Quarters   1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 6 Dailey Bros.,
Winter Quarters, 1945
A Minister With A Circus (from "Kansas Mag.") Moore, W. H. 1945 18 No. 1-2 pp. 8-11 Campbell Bros. 1911
W. H. Moore
Dan Rice's Farewell
Hartford, Conn., 1868
Garvie, Billy S. 1945 18 No. 1-2 p. 12  
1944 Check List Magazine
and Newspaper Articles
Wilson, Burt L. 1945 18 No. 1-2 pp. 14-16 Index
Circus Sentences   1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 2 Hartford fire 1945
Circus in the Blood Shettel, James W. 1945 18 No. 4-5 pp. 3-6 Levi J. North family
Describes Beatty Act
Over Radio at Harrisburg
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 8 Clyde Beatty 1945
Hunt's Circus Opened
to Good Business
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 8 Hunt Bros. 1945
Benefit Shows by
Ringling Circus Assist Churches
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Circus Goes to Jail
Two Circus Men Start Sentences
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Big Show Richer in
Real Circus Atmosphere
Beal, George B. 1945 18 No. 4-5 pp. 9-10 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Victoria Torrence Meets
Tragic Death at Madison Square Garden
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 10 Iron jaw act
Clyde Beatty
Wild Animal Circus
Gable, Hazel L. 1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 12 1945
How the Big Show
Gets into New York
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Cole Show at Evansville
Has Turnaway Business
Knecht, Karl Kae 1945 18 No. 4-5 pp. 13-14 Cole Bros. 1945
Austin Bros. Circus
New Show on Rails
Hubler, George 1945 18 No. 4-5 pp. 15-16 1945
Enlarged Dailey Bros.
Hits the Trail
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 17 1945
Human Ostrich Entertaining
GI's In Army Hospitals
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p.17 Ben Galli 1945
Circus Books and Magazines   1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 18  
Old Circus Man Dies   1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 18 Welsh Bros. 1945
Michael H. Welsh
Big Show Parades in New York   1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 19 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Midway of Mills Bros. Circus
One Hour Before the Opening
  1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 21 1945
Death of P. T. Barnum Garvie, Billy 1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 22 1891
Barnum-Bailey Circus '91 Garvie, Billy 1945 18 No. 4-5 p. 22 1891
Notes From the Ringling
Show at Milwaukee, Wisc.
  1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Cole Bros. Moving Again
After a Seven Day Delay
  1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 4 Train Wreck, 1945
Emmett Kelly Day
on the Big Show
  1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 5 Clown, 1945
Hunt Bros. Circus
at Stamford Conn.
  1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 6 Program, 1945
(Edward Nye, "Blackie")   1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Beers-Barnes -
a Family Circus
Powers, Murray 1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 7 1945
American Circuses at
Home and Abroad in 1845
Sturtevant, C. G. 1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 9 List
Old Sporting and Theatrical
Weeklies That Carried Circus
Notes and Routes
Sturtevant, C. G. 1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 9 List
Old Circus Parades
in Hartford, Connecticut
Garve, Billy S. 1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 9 1800s
Bradley & Benson Circus . . . Harshman, James L. 1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 11 1945
(Cheerful Gardner)   1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 11 Elephant trainer
Adventure with the Advance   1945 18 No. 6-7-8 p. 13 1945
Boston Zoo Elephant Died Recently Allen, Lester 1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 2 Elephant "Hazel" 1945
New Member of CFA
Visits Circus
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 3 Hunt Bros. 1945
Circus and the Sad Sack Ensworth, Bob 1945 18 No. 9-10 pp. 5-6 Wartime 1945
Beers-Barnes Circus
on the Lot
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 7 1945
Al G. Kelly
and Miller Brothers Circus
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 8 1945
Tom Thumb and His Marriage   1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 10 1863
Barnum London Show
$5,000 a Day Nut
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 10 1882
Ringling Circus First Played
Hartford Over Fifty Years Ago
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 10 Ringling Bros. 1895
Famous Singing Clowns
in Early Circus Days
Garvie, Billy S. 1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 10 1880s
Circus People Roedel, Frederick W. 1945 18 No. 9-10 pp. 11-13  
Edward H. Bean   1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 13 Death, zoo director
Fred Bradna and
Ed Kelly Injured at Dallas
  1945 18 No. 9-10 p. 14 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Opposition in
Circus Press Writing
Sturtevant, C. G. 1945 18 No. 11-12 pp. 5-9 Press Agents
Archie Brauer   1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 9 Showman, death
1945 Check List Magazine
and Newspaper Articles
Wilson, Burt L. 1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 10, 12 Index Magazine Articles, 1945
Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey
Big Top, Season 1945
  1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 11 Photograph
$42,500 to Woman High
in Circus Awards
  1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Circus Never Goes Out
Without Father Elslander's Blessing
  1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 13 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Tom Thumb Wedding Party   1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 14 1863
Commodore Nutt   1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 14 1869
Hartford's First Circus
Spec 92 Years Ago
Garvie, Billy S. 1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 14 Franconi's Colossal
Hippodrome, 1953
Hamid-Morton Shrine Circus Gaudreau, Leo 1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 16 1945
Father Ed Tours
with the Big One
  1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 18 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Father Ed Sullivan
Former Aerial Artist
with Circus is Typewriter
Repair Woman in Missoula
  1945 18 No. 11-12 p. 21 Mrs. Lee Terrell,
"Queens of the Air"
What do you Think?   1945 18 No. 11-12 pp. 22-23 Best of the circus vote 1945
Record of Circus Engagements
in Gainesville, Texas
Smith, A. Morton 1945 18 No. 11-12 pp. 24 List, 1881-1945

1946

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Future Mrs Parley Beer   1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ernestine Clarke,
wedding, 1946
They Bought a Circus Shettel, James W. 1946 19 No. 1-2 pp. 3-7 Welsh brothers
Gen. Tom Thumb's Child
Rival Girl Smaller Than
Tom Able to Walk
Garvie, Billy 1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 8 1847
Tom Thumb's Coach   1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 8 1847
Harry LaPearl   1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 8 Clown, death
LaPearl Circus
How Clown's Song
Saved Child's Life . . .
  1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 9 Bob Sherwood
Lady Eleanor Smith,
Friend of the Gypsies
Zeiter, Hugo H. 1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 10 Author, circus fiction
Two Weeks of Winter Circus Gregory, Tom 1946 19 No. 1-2 p. 12 Grotto Circus 1946
Ringling Defies Ouster
as Head of Circus
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Big Show Opens at the Garden   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Eddie Allen, Who Gained Fame
As a Clown, Succumbs
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 4 Death 1944
Hartford Times Columnist,
Art McGinty, Tells of
Visit to Winter Quarters
of the Big One
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Togare - An Account of European
Wild Animal Training Methods
Urquhart, Charles 1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 7 Togare, animal trainer
Circus Books and Magazines   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 8 1946
It Was Rough in Those Days   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 8 Welsh Bros.
Circus Wagons are Rolling Again   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 9 Circuses, list 1946
Circus Ready to Pay
First of Dividends
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 10 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Say George, You Remember?   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 11 Forepaugh-Sells Bros.
John King and the Chief   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 12 John Robinson show,
elephant Chief 1880
Ernestine Clarke and
Parley Baer Married
in New York
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p.13 1946
Billy Brennan "Sig Zeno"
Contortionist Can Still
Do His Act at Age of 60
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 13 1946
Fans Caught Bailey Bros.
Circus Opening at Newberry
  1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 14 Program 1946
Letter from Africa   1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 15 Pagel's Circus
Greatest Circus' Turn to
High Art Recalls Orr's Old-Time Work
S. X. 1946 19 No. 3-4 p. 16 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Cole Bros. Circus
Presenting Fine Show
Harshman, James 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 5 Program 1946
Case Against English
Circus Director Dismissed
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 6 Cyril Mills
Bertram Mill's Circus 1946
Hunt Bros. Circus
Opens Its 54th Season
Montague, Bill 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 8 1946
James M. Cole Circus   1946 19 No. 5-6 pp. 9-10 1946
Band Played "Auld Lang Syne" Kelley, Beverly 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 11  
Circus News Reprinted
From the Same Issue
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 12 1866 circus news,
and L. B. Lent's Ad
Stevens Bros. Circus
Opened Antlers, Oklahoma
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 14 1946
Circus Lore . . . Strong, Walter E. 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 17 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Legal department
Bertram Mills Circus   1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 18 England, 1946
Zallee Bros. Circus Did
Good Business at Rochelle
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 18 1946
Clyde Beatty Circus Enjoys
Good Business in California / Review
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 19 1946
Sparks Circus
Begins 1946 Tour
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 19  
Florida Accepts Museum
of Late Circus Magnate
Zeiter, Hugo B. 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 20 Ringling Museum 1946
Bradley & Benson Circus Harshman, James 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 21 1946
Circus Ex-Star 80, Revisits
Madison Square Garden
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p.21 Josie De Mott Robinson
Barnum Exhibited Joice Heath
in Hartford in 1835
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 22  
Circuses and Menageries
Owned by Americans
Season of 1846
Sturtevant, C. G. 1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 22 List
Circus Routes
(RBBB, Cole, Beatty, Mills)
  1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 24 1946
Circus Books and Magazines   1946 19 No. 5-6 p. 24 1946
Circus Fire Claims   1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Campbell Bros. in 1897-98   1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 2  
Circus Performs Under
Stars As Wind Destroys Top
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 2 Dailey Bros. 1946
Early Circus Braathen, Sverre O. 1946 19 No. 7-8 pp. 3-5 Barnum, Coup, Bailey
Day with Dailey Bros. Circus Silloway, P. M. 1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 6 1946
King Bros. Circus Harshman, James L. 1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 7 1946
Laugh Factory Welles, Sara 1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 8 Paul Jung, clown 1946
Two Hemispheres Band Wagon
Restored to Former Beauty
  1946 19 No. 7-8 pp. 9-10 Wagon History
Bailey Bros. Circus Hits
Poor Business in Northern Ill.
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 13 1946
Cole Does Good Business
in Small Town
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 13 1946
Circus Books and Magazines   1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 13 1946
Arthur Borella, Veteran Clown
Dies While Kids Laugh at Act
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 14 1946
Stevens Bros. Circus   1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 14 Program 1946
Sparks Circus Crowley, John J. 1946 19 No. 7-8 pp. 15-16 1946
"Little Miss 1565" of Circus
Fire Identified by Michigan Women
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 16 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Rigid Fire Laws Cramp
Circus in Connecticut
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 16 1946
Experiences of
"A Big Time" Circus Lawyer
Graham, John C. 1946 19 No. 7-8 pp. 17-18  
First Circus with Riders Garvie, Billy S. 1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 19 At Hartford, CT
Facts Concerning the
Old Dominion Shows
  1946 19 No. 7-8 p. 19 I. Keller Iseminger, owner
Standards Fixed for
Circus Safety
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 2  
Short Visit with the
Dailey Bros. Circus
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 2 1946
Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Show   1946 19 No. 9-10 pp. 3-4 Street parade 1916
Sherron Lang Not 'Miss 1565' . . .   1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 4 Hartford fire 1946
"Rogue Circuses" Mills, Cyril B. 1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 6 England
Charities Share
Forepaugh Trust
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 6 Adam Forepaugh
Three Against the Sky Phillips, Fred H. 1946 19 No. 9-10 pp. 7-8 Sway poles act
$500,000 Payment Made by
Lloyds on Circus Claim
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Circus Books and Magazines   1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 10 1946
Movies of the Silent Days
with Circusy Backgrounds
Zeiter, Hugo 1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 9  
Buck Owens Circus
Visits Charlotte, N.C.
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 11 1946
Tacoma Fans Enjoy Visit
on Cole Show
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 11 Cole Bros. 1946
Clyde Beatty Visits
Charlotte, N.C.
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 12 1946
Circus Ramblings with
Sam Chapman
  1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 13 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Bond Bros. 1946
Albino Family   1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 13 Illustration,
exhibited Barnum's museum
Hartford Had Circus Days
under Old Blue Laws
Garvie, Billy S. 1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 14 1810-51
Circus and the Railroad Braden, Frank 1946 19 No. 9-10 p. 15 History
Mississippi Once
Had a Rhino in It
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 3 Dan Rice, 1861
American Circus Wagon
and Its Builders
Sturtevant, C. G. 1946 19 No. 11-12 pp. 5-8 Wagon History
Hugo, Oklahoma Honors
Circuses with a Celebration
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 8 Hugo circuses 1946
Book, Bill or Wildcat Phillips, Fred 1946 19 No. 11-12 pp. 9-10, 12 Tom, minstrel, other shows
Gainesville Circus
Has Successful Season
  1946 19 No. 11-12 pp. 11-12 1946
Reynold's Circus   1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 13 1946
Early Publicity Stunt
by Barnum's Circus
Garvie, Billy S. 1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 13  
Court Decision on Ringling
Election Not to Effect
Fire Claims
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 15 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Battling Nelson's
Circus Debut
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 18 Mathew Nelson, boxer
List Chimp As
One of the Smartest
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 19 Animal intelligence
Where Circuses and Shows
Wintered - April 28, 1900
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 20 Winter quarters list
Big Circus Thrills
Charlotte Fans
  1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 22 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Among the White Tents   1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 24 Adam Forepaugh elephant 1885
State Plans Park and
Museum at Sarasota
Plowden, Gene 1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 25 Ringling Museum 1946
Circus Rambling
with Sam Chapman
Plowden, Gene 1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 27 History
Los Angeles a Circus City   1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 30 Winter quarters
Circus in the Night Clubs   1946 19 No. 11-12 p. 33 1946

1947

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
2-Car Dog and Pony Show Peck, Earl 1947 20 No. 1-2 p. 4 Cozad Dog & Pony Show,
California circa 1902
Tour With Barnum & Bailey
Thirty-Four Years Ago
Duble, Charlie 1947 20 No. 1-2 p. 5 1913
From Zoo to Stew May Be
Fate of Berlin Animals
  1947 20 No. 1-2 p. 5 War aftermath 1946
Annuel Circus Article
Compilation Taken from
Magazines and Newspapers
Wilson, Burt L. 1947 20 No. 1-2 pp. 7-9 Index1946
Rare Treasure Found
on Ringling Estate
  1947 20 No. 1-2 p. 9 Ringling Museum Ringling 1947
Tragedy Ends Famed Career
of Circus Pair
  1947 20 No. 1-2 p. 10 Dubells, Lorenz Hirschhorn,
wife Barbara
Index to Historical Articles
on the American Circus
Rogers, Stan 1947 20 No. 1-2 pp. 11-13 Subject index, White Tops
Vols. 1-19
Beneath Gay Tinsel of
Circus Life is Tragic Drama
Dallman, V. Y. 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 2 Anne Burak, death 1947
We Beg Your Pardon   1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 2 Rex Rossi
Convention Circus   1947 20 No. 3-4 pp. 5, 7 Cole Bros. 1947
Sparks Opens New
Railroad Show in Florida
  1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 6 1947
Waiting for the
Ringling Circus Train
Cline, Ethel 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Dailey Bros. Opened
in the Rain
  1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 10 Dailey Bros., 1947
Madden-Stillian Jungleland
on the Road This Season
Levett, C. J. 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 10 1947
Ringling Estate Battle
Heads for Court
  1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 11 John Ringling 1947
Yankee-Patterson
Opens Season March 21
Rogers, Stan 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 12 1947
Harvey Still Follows
the Circus Trail
Montague, Bill 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 13 Robert M. Harvey, agent
Man-Monkey Novelty of
Strictly Circus Performance
Montague, Bill 1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 13 Monkey Natal 1947
Circus Fans Didn't
Fool in Early Days
  1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 15 Maybury, Pullman &
Hamilton's Show, Riot 1882
Circus Books and Magazines   1947 20 No. 3-4 p. 15  
To Make Them Well   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 2 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Hospital Show, 1947
Pixs of 1947 (Ariving in Dayton)   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 9 Cole Bros., Runs, 1947
1947 Show Harshman, James 1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 15 Cole, James M., 1947
L. A. Stand   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 16 Clyde Beatty, 1947
List of Circus Books Viohl, Chris W. 1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 17 Index Books, 1947
Elephant Buyer At Work in India   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 20 Lewis Reed 1947
1947 Show   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 21 Sello Bros., 1947
Roy Bible
Closing of Yankee-Patterson   1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 21 Jimmie Woods 1947
1947 Show - First Season Harshman, James 1947 20 No. 5-6 p.22 Kay-Burns, 1947
Circus Collection at
Princeton University
  1947 20 No. 5-6 p. 22 1947
1947 Show   1947 20 No. 5-6 p.24 Sello Bros. 1947
Roy Bible
Ringling Bros. and
Barnum and Bailey Present
  1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 3 Photographs 1947
Bernie Dead   1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 4 F. Bernard Head, press
Ringling-Barnum
Circus Lure Brings
Fans Out Early
  1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 5-6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Officials of
"The Greatest Show on Earth"
  1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 5 Photographs, 1947
Big Show in Chicago   1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Circus in England   1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 6 Bertram Mills 1947
Mrs. Terrell "First Lady of
the Cole Bros. Circus"
Braathen, Faye O. 1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 7 Cole Bros. 1947
Estrella Nelson Terrell
Circus Ramblers Zeiter, Hugo 1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 8, 19 English & US circuses
Bailey Bros. Circus Harshman, James 1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 9-10 1947
"Nemo" Male Elephant with
Dailey Bros. Circus Executed
Harshman, James 1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 10 1947
Stevens Bros. Circus   1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 10 1947
Mills Bros. Circus
at Rockford, Illinois
  1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 11 Photographs 1947
Press Agent Weaves Fabric
of Salvation and Sawdust
Houser, Bob 1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 11-12 Doc Waddell 1947
Do Elephants Breed
in Captivity
  1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 12  
Dailey Bros. Circus Harshman, James L. 1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 13-14 1947
Clyde Beatty
Wrecked in Nebraska
  1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 14 Train wreck, 1947
Two Days with the
James M. Cole Circus
Gregory, Tom 1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 14 1947
Barnum of the Pacific Hyatt, Robert M. 1947 20 No. 7-8 pp. 17-18 Eddie Fernandez 1947
Circus Books and Magazines   1947 20 No. 7-8 p. 20  
Ringling Circus Employees
Can Remain in U.S.
  1947 20 No. 9-10 p. 4 Ringling Bros. B. & B.,
Immigration 1947
Greatest Show on Earth Silloway, P. M. 1947 20 No. 9-10 pp. 5-6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Springfield Fans Bury
"Water Joe"
Dallman, V. Y. 1947 20 No. 9-10 p. 7 Joseph Scharick,
workman
Florida to Get $1,250,000
for Ringling Estate Interest
  1947 20 No. 9-10 p. 7 Ringling Museum 1947
English Circuses   1947 20 No. 9-10 p. 8 News 1947
Song of Solomon Phillips, Fred 1947 20 No. 9-10 pp. 9-10 Felix Sol Solomon,
high diving act
Book List from Chili   1947 20 No. 9-10 pp. 11-12  
Circus Books and Magazines   1947 20 No. 9-10 p. 12  
Senators of Superlatives English, John 1947 20 No. 9-10 pp. 13-14 Press agents
Orrin Brothers Circus
of Mexico
Sturtevant, C. G. 1947 20 No.11-12 pp. 3, 5-6 History
Queen of the Big Top   1947 20 No.11-12 pp. 7-11 Lillian Leitzel
Books and Magazines   1947 20 No.11-12 p. 12 1947
Gentry Brothers
Famous Shows
Duble, Charlie 1947 20 No.11-12 pp. 15, 18 History
Dailey Bros. Circus   1947 20 No.11-12 p. 17 Ad. Norma Davenport
and elephants 1947
(Death Susie, Cicinnati Zoo)   1947 20 No.11-12 p. 23 Gorilla "Susie" 1947
Boston Zoo to Get
a Baby Elephant
  1947 20 No.11-12 p. 28 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Gainesville Circus to
Have Flying Act
  1947 20 No.11-12 p. 31 1947 plans

1948

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Mrs. Carrie T. Hunt   1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 2 Death, 1948, Hunt Bros.
Klara Knecht   1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 2 Death, press agent 1948
Gainesville Circus to Have
Flying Act Next Season
  1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 3 News 1948
List of Circuses 1847-65   1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 4 Wabash, Indiana newspaper
(Great) Eastern Circus   1948 21 No. 1-2 pp. 4-5 Charles F. Prescott
1895-97
Magazine and Newspaper
Circus Articles
Wilson, Burt L. 1948 21 No. 1-2 pp. 7-9 1947 annual list
Roland Butler Back
with the Big Show
  1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 11 Press Agent 1948
(Dailey Bros. Circus)   1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 12 Photographs 1947
Haven for Circus Folk   1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 13 George Valentine 1948
Lou Jacobs and
Emmett Kelly Dolls
  1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 14 1948
James Cole Elephants
Spend Night in Garage
  1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 14 1948
Bev Kelley to Direct
Publicity for Dailey Bros.
  1948 21 No. 1-2 p. 15 Press Agent 1948
Alfred Ringling Widow
Is Dead
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 3 Elizabeth S. Ringling 1948
Fred Hodgson   1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 2 Carolyne Hodgson, death 1948
New Circus Dividend to Be
Proposed Friday
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1948
Richard Sands, American Showman Sturtevant, C. G. 1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 3-6  
Forepaugh Estate
Income Distributed
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 6 Adam Forepaugh
Big Show Still the
Greatest Show on Earth
Montague, Bill 1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 7-8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Ringling Bros. Clown
Dies at Radio Interview
  1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 8, 10 Albert Victor Adams (Albertino)
Cole Bros. Unveiled All
Old Magic of the Big Top
Morris, Steve 1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 9-10 1948
Baraboo Elks
to Remodel Mansion
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 10 Al Ringling Mansion
Ayres and Kathryn Davies
Circus Opens At Dixon, Ill.
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 11 1948
New Seating on
the Ringling Show
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 11 Wagon grandstand 1948
Season of 1848   1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 12 List of Circuses 1848
Nice Small Show   1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 13 Ray's Circus 1948
Ray Wheeler
Josie DeMott, Famed
Equestrian, Dies in her 80's
Shettel, James W. 1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 13 1948
James M. Cole Circus Harshman, James 1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 15-16 1948
Beatty Cold Day
but Warm Crowd
Parkinson, Tom 1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 16 Clyde Beatty 1948
Hunt Bros. Opened to
Turnaway Business
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 16 1948
International Circus Forum
or Circus Rambles
Zeiter, Hugo 1948 21 No. 3-4 pp. 17-18 News international circuses
Dailey Bros. Opened in Rain   1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 19 1948
Stevens Bros. Circus
Opened April 9th
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 19 1948
Fans Attend Mills
Opening . . .
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 19 Mills Bros. 1948
List of Circus Items Toepp, Paul H. 1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 20 Magazine, newspaper
articles 1948
Official Program -
Royal Bros. One-Ring Circus
  1948 21 No. 3-4 p. 20 1948
Dailey Bros. Circus Harshman, James L. 1948 21 No. 5-6 pp. 3-4 1948
Circus Plays to Fifteen
Despite Rain, Mud
  1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 5 King Bros. 1948
Giant's Home to be Wrecked Nemes, Sylvester 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 5 Martin Bates 1948
Polack Bros. Circus
in San Francisco
  1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 6 1948
Circus, Even on Train
Gives One Powerful Lift
Moiles, William Jr. 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 6 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Trapeze Net Requires
Mile of Rope . . .
Gregory, Tom 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 7 Circus mechanics
King Bros. Circus
Presenting Excellent Program
Harshman, James 1948 21 No. 5-6 pp. 9-10 1948
Yankee-Patterson Equipment
in So. Calif.
  1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 10 Jimmy Woods 1948
Wild Animal-Less Ueno Zoo
Still Packs 'em in
  1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 10 Toyko Japan 1948
Brief History of
Walter and Bruce Heaton
Green, Bill 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 10 Heaton family
Gene Randow, Clown,
Died at Amarillo, Texas
Tripp, Frederick 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 12 1948
"Greatest Show" Was Founded
in State of Wisconsin
Braathen, Sverre O. 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 13 Ringling Bros.
Mills Bros. at Evansville   1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 14 1948
Circus in Germany   1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 14 1948
Circus Auld Lang Syne Tripp, Frank 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 14 Dailey Bros. 1947
List of Circus Items Toepp, Paul H. 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 15 Magazine articles 1948
With the Big One in the
Old Dominion's Capital
Poarch, Lear W. 1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 15 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Circus Books and Magazines   1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 16 1948
Kitty Clark Married to
Harold Van Orman
  1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 16 1948
Fan Notes   1948 21 No. 5-6 p. 16 Dailey Bros. 1948
God Goes to a Circus Tripp, Frank 1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 2 Doc Waddell
Little Eva Joins Show at
Springfield with Help of Fans
  1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 6 Dailey Bros. elephant
Hold Your Horses Braathen, Faye O. 1948 21 No. 7-8 pp. 7-12, 14 William C. Coup
(Cole Bros. Parade)   1948 21 No. 7-8 pp. 8-13 Photographs, parade
Rogers Bros. Circus Harshman, James L. 1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 13 1948
Mabel Stark Clawed
in Tiger Fight
  1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 14 Animal trainer 1948
Famed Circus Acrobat,
Papa Zacchini, Dies
  1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 16 Cannon Act
(William Calvin Morgan)   1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 16 Death, performer, owner
"Circus Ring" Wreath for
Grand Old Man
  1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 17 Death, Robert Fossett
Grease-Paint Smiles   1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 17 Hoover, Hemphill,
Fritz clowns
Columbia Band Wagon
Hauled in Cole Bros. Parade
Kitto, Charles 1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 18 Wagon History
Circus Landmark at Delavan
Bears the Initials of
W. C. Coup and Others
  1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 19  
Memories of Edythe Siegrist   1948 21 No. 7-8 p. 20 Trapeze performer
Just Where is God?" Tripp, Frank 1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 2  
Hunt Bros. Circus
Presents Entertaining Performance
Harshman, James L. 1948 21 No. 9-10 pp. 3-4 1948
Barbara Beale Injured
on Cole Bros. Circus
  1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 4 1948
Circus Days
in Madison, Wisconsin
Braathen, Sverre O. 1948 21 No. 9-10 pp. 5-8 1880s
Clyde Beatty Circus
at De Kalb, Ill.
  1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 10 1948
Do Horses Think?
I Say Yes
Main, Walter L. 1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 10  
Strangest Farm on Earth   1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 10 Benson Wild Animal Farm
Wagon Show Days with the
Mighty Haag Show in Louisiana
Duble, Charlie 1948 21 No. 9-10 pp. 11-12 1914-15
Dailey Bros. Circus
at Fairbury, Nebraska
  1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 11 Photographs 1948
Dailey Bros. Circus
at Whitefish, Montana
  1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 12 1948
44 Persons, 59 Circus
Animals Missing at Sea
  1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 12 Razzore Circus 1948
Kelly-Morris Circus
Presents Nice Performance
Hohenadel, Walter 1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 13 1948
Mills Bros. Circus
Has Outstanding Performance
Harshman, James 1948 21 No. 9-10 pp. 14-15 1948
Big Show Has Best
Season in Years
Plowden, Gene 1948 21 No. 9-10 p. 18 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Circus People   1948 21 No. 11-12 p. 2 Wedding, Roberta Light
and Bill Ballentine 1948
Cradle of the American Circus Sturtevant, C. G. 1948 21 No. 11-12 pp. 3, 5-8 New York
Polack Bros. Circus
at Utica, N.Y.
  1948 21 No.11-12 p. 8 1948
Gainesville Community Circus   1948 21 No.11-12 p. 9 Photographs 1948
Circus Trains Fox, C. P. 1948 21 No.11-12 pp. 10-14 History
Circus Companies That
Have Sailed the Seven Seas
Zeiter, Hugo B. 1948 21 No.11-12 pp. 15-16  
Barlow Built Miniature Circus
for State of Florida
  1948 21 No.11-12 p. 16 Ringling Museum 1948
Circus Days in
Madison, Wisconsin
Braathen, Sverre O. 1948 21 No.11-12 pp. 17-18,
20, 22-24
History
Baby elephants
Here from India
  1948 21 No. 11-12 p. 24 Hunt Bros. 1948
Big Top Fan Owns One
and Sees One
  1948 21 No. 11-12 p. 32 Leland L. Antes
miniature circus
Gainesville Circus Closes
a Successful Season
  1948 21 No. 11-12 p. 34 1948
Books and Magazines   1948 21 No. 11-12 p. 34 Reviewed

1949

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Thomas Madden, 87,
Once Circus Clown
  1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 4 Death 1948
Peru, Ind., Lives and
Hopes for a Circus Again
  1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 4 1949
Circus Days in
Madison, Wisconsin
Braathen, Sverre O. 1949 22 No. 1-2 pp. 5-6,
13-16
History
Cost Doesn't Count
the Circus Must Go On
Landers, E. D. 1949 22 No. 1-2 pp. 7-8 Moving the circus
More Baby Elephants   1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 8 Tom Packs 1949
Luisita Leers Hopes to
Resume Circus Career
  1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 8 1949
Buffalo Ben, 93,
Seeks Jobless Pay
  1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 10 1949
Campbell-Bailey-Hutchinson
Combined Circus and Wild West
Chindahl, George 1949 22 No. 1-2 pp. 11-12 1920-23
Circus Pioneer Shettel, James W. 1949 22 No. 1-2 p. 13 Dan Minnich
Bill Lindemann Died
in Sheboygan, Wis.
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 2 1949, showman
John Pawling Great
London 3-Ring Circus . . .
  1949 22 No. 3-4 pp. 6-7 John Pawling Great London, 1949
Pretty Circus Star
Walks a Straight Line
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 7 Flo McIntosh, tight wire
Carlotta Dies at 92
Famed in Circus Life
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 10 Lottie Aymar 1949
Circus at Home and Abroad Zeiter, Hugo B. 1949 22 No. 3-4 pp. 11-12 Circuses 1948
Curator for Ringling
Circus Museum Named
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 14 John L. Sullivan
Circus Collection
Housed in New Library
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 14 Princeton 1949
1849 - A Century Ago   1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 15 List of Circuses 1849
Circuses Days
in Hagerstown
  1949 22 No. 3-4 p.15 List, 1888-1948
Circus Books & Magazines   1949 22 No. 3-4 p. 15  
Ayres and Kathryn Davies
Circus Opens Season
  1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 10 1949
John Pawling Great
London Circus
Harshman, James 1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 10 1949
Kelly-Morris Circus
Passes Up "White Tops" Town
  1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 12 1949
Circus Firm
of Spalding & Rogers
Sturtevant, C. G. 1949 22 No. 5-6 pp. 13-15 1800s
Books and Magazines   1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 15 Review
Gainesville Community
Circus, Spain's Circo Arriola
and Dailey Brothers Circus
  1949 22 No. 5-6 pp. 17-18, 20 1949
Clyde Beatty Circus
Has Class, Talent, Speed
Whitmore, Gene 1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 19 1949
Big Show Under Canvas Harshman, James 1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 21 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Louis Roth Top Raised
at Yakima, Washington
Chipman, Harry 1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 21 Louis Roth, animal Trainer
Lee Brothers Circus Wireman, George W. 1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 23 1949
Famous German Circus
Going on Road Again
  1949 22 No. 5-6 p. 24 Hagenbeck Circus 1949
Folding of Older &
Chandler Show at
Shreveport in 1873
Parkinson, Tom 1949 22 No. 7-8 pp. 3-4 1873
Big Show of 1949 Ensworth, Bob 1949 22 No. 7-8 pp. 5-9 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Wallace Bros. Parade
at DeKalb, Illinois
  1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 7 Photograph 1911
$1,800 in State Fees
Keeps most Circuses
Out of Maine
Foote, Harry T. 1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 10 1949
Coco, Famous Clown of the
Big One, Dies in Florida
  1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 10 George Hubert Herbert
Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Green, Bill 1949 22 No. 7-8 pp. 11-12 1949
Biller Bros. Circus   1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 12 1949
Mrs. Walter Main   1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 12 Death, 1949
Little Big top   1949 22 No. 7-8 pp. 13-14 Ringling Museum
miniature circus
Miller Bros. Entertains
Wisconsin Legislature
  1949 22 No. 7-8 p. 16 1949
Let's Educate the Fans Thomas, Col Harry 1949 22 No. 9-10 pp. 2, 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Eastern Fans Attend
Hamid-Morton Show
  1949 22 No. 9-10 pp. 3-4 1949
P. A. Older   1949 22 No. 9-10 p. 4 1949
Clyde Beatty Circus
at Fort Smith, Arkansas
Seyfer, Robert P. 1949 22 No. 9-10 p. 4 1949
R. T. Richard's Supreme
Show of the World
Chindahl, George 1949 22 No. 9-10 pp. 5-6 Richard T. Ringling
Recalls Campbell Bros.
Circus Fire
  1949 22 No. 9-10 p. 10 1904
Day with Dailey   1949 22 No. 9-10 p. 10 Dailey Bros., 1949
Dales' Circus Harshman, James 1949 22 No. 9-10 pp. 11-12 1949
Roger Bros. Circus Harshman, James 1949 22 No. 9-10 p. 15 1949
Mills Bros. Circus to
Have New Canvas Next Season
  1949 22 No.11-12 p. 2 1949
Circus Could be Educated Boyle, John W. 1949 22 No.11-12 p. 2 Grift, gambling 1949
Circus in Philadelphia Sturtevant, C. G. 1949 22 No.11-12 pp. 3, 5-9 History
Books and Magazines   1949 22 No.11-12 p. 10 Review
Circus Travelogue Braathen, Faye O. 1949 22 No.11-12 pp. 11-13,
22-25
 
Mable Ringling Wed
at Great Falls, Mont.
  1949 22 No.11-12 p. 14 1949
Let's Set the
Record Straight
  1949 22 No.11-12 p. 16 Hertzberg Museum 1949
Great Buffalo &
Wild West Show
Elder, Claude 1949 22 No.11-12 p. 18 1902
Another Great Name Shall
Never Be Forgotten
Chipman, Harry 1949 22 No.11-12 p. 19 Louis Roth, animal trainer
Old John Bull Wagon   1949 22 No.11-12 p. 19 Photograph
Gargantua   1949 22 No.11-12 p. 28 Death 1949

1950

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Sarasota   1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling Museum 1950
Route of the Ringling Show
for 66 Years
Braathen, Sverre O. 1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 3 Overview
Robert Ringling Dies
of Stroke
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 4 1950
Kill English Circus
Elephant in Railroad Car
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 4 1949
Woman Trainer Sensed
Fatal Attack by Lion
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 5 May Kovar, animal trainer
International Circus News
and an Account of the
Gerbola Circus Family
Zeiter, Hugo 1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 7 1949
Big Show Makes
History in Cuba
Thomas, Col Harry 1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 7 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Richard Sands American
Circus Band Carriage
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 7 Illustration
Bear Riding Bicycle Just
Ordinary Sight in Clinton, Conn.
Dickinson, Ernest 1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 9 Emil Pallenberg
Community Circus Elects
Officers, Makes 1950 Plans
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 10 Gainesville Community Circus
Outstanding Peru Men
of Last Half Century
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 10 Mugivan, Wallace
Inventor of Gas
Generators for Circuses
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 10 J. J. Weyer
Cole Show Sold - But
New Owners Not Known
Cole Brothers Circus, Inc.
Bankruptcy Bill Is Filed
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 11 1950
Gorilla's Skeleton to Join
Other Circus Relics at Yale
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 12 Gargantua
Why the Big Show is Great   1950 23 No. 1-2 pp. 13-14 Ringling Bros. B. & B.
It's Hard Work to
Make You Laugh
La Tour, Cy 1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 14 Felix Adler
Mabel Stark Clawed
by Tiger
  1950 23 No. 1-2 p. 15 Animal trainer 1950
Ringling Elephant That
Killed Boy Put to Death
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 2 Also elephants on
shows 1950
Charles Gay, 63, Dies;
Operator of Circus Farm
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 2 Gay's Lion Farm, 1950
Theodor Schroder Dies   1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 2 1950, animal trainer
Ringling Show Makes
Good Start in New York Start
Montague, Bill 1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 3 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
(Nurse with Baby Gorillas)   1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 4 Photograph Martha Hunter, 1950
Boy to Carry on For
Mother killed by Lion
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 4 Michael Kovar 1950
Circuses on the Road
in America in 1850
Sturtevant, C. G. 1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 5  
P. T. Barnum and Denver   1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 7 1878
Carnival with a Real Circus Butterfield, E. J. 1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 7 Siebrand Bros. 1950
King Bros. and
Biller Bros. Quarters
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1950 23 No. 3-4 pp. 9-10, 18 Georgia 1950
Circus in Ireland Hunter, Richard H. 1950 23 No. 3-4 pp. 11-12  
Report from the
Hertzberg Collection
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 16 San Antonio 1950
America - the Sawdust Trail   1950 23 No. 3-4 pp. 17-18  
Fan Notes   1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 19 Clyde Beatty 1950
59 Minutes from
Penn Station
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 19 Princeton McCaddon collection
Books and Magazines   1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 20 Review
Hartford, Connecticut
Shrine Circus
  1950 23 No. 3-4 p. 20 Frank Wirth 1950
Hopalong Cassidy   1950 23 No. 5-6 cover Photograph
Mills Bros.
Three Ring Circus
  1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 4 Program 1950
King Bros. and
Biller Bros. Circuses
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1950 23 No. 5-6 pp. 5-6 1950
Burial Near Death Scene   1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 6 Jerzy Wierzbicki, sway pole
Cole Program   1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 7 Cole Bros. 1950
Impressions of Mills Bros.
1950 Opening
Gregory, Tom 1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 7  
Coming and Going Gorrow, M. G. 1950 23 No. 5-6 pp. 9-12 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Mrs. Margaret Evans   1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 12 Death, performer, wife
of Merle Evans
How Jenny Lind Thrilled Capital   1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 13 Barnum, 1850
Dales Circus Harshman, James L. 1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 14 1950
Henry Kyes Still Loves
Circus After 44 Years
  1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 14 Bandmaster
John Fulghum Reports on
Dales and Hunt Shows
  1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 15 1950
Books and Magazines   1950 23 No. 5-6 p. 16 Review
Tribute to the Late
Bud Anderson
  1950 23 No. 7-8 p. 2  
W. B. Reynolds Circus Chindahl, George 1950 23 No. 7-8 pp. 7-8, 18 History
Al G. Kelley-Miller
Bros Circus
  1950 23 No. 7-8 p. 17 Photographs, 1950
Circus Folks
Honor Their Departed
  1950 23 No. 7-8 p. 18 Burials, Baraboo
English Circus Slang Rogers, Stan 1950 23 No. 7-8 p. 20  
Cole Show Closed   1950 23 No. 7-8 p. 24 Cole Bros. 1950
Busby Bros. Circus Chindahl, George 1950 23 No. 9-10 pp. 3-4 1902-04
Bloomington, Illinois,
the Home of the Man on
the Flying Trapeze
Noble, Clyde V. 1950 23 No. 9-10 pp. 5-6,
12-14
Performers, trapeze
Rogers Bros. Circus Harshman, James 1950 23 No. 9-10 pp. 7-8 1950
Hunt Bros. Receives
Baby elephants from India
  1950 23 No. 9-10 p. 8 1950
Life Begins as Staff
Writer Sees First Circus
  1950 23 No. 9-10 p. 8 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Murray Powers Tells His
Experiences As a Clown
  1950 23 No. 9-10 p. 9 Felix Adler
Frank Buck Memorial Zoo
Dedicated at Gainesville
  1950 23 No. 9-10 p. 13 1950
Books and Magazines   1950 23 No. 9-10 p. 15 Review
Circus in America
During the Civil War
Sturtevant, C. G. 1950 23 No.11-12 pp. 3-6  
Mills Bros. Buys
Polack Elephants
  1950 23 No. 11-12 p. 8 Mills Bros., Elephants, 1950
Cheerful Gardner,
Trainer of Elephants
  1950 23 No. 11-12 p. 9  
Mrs. Clyde Beatty   1950 23 No. 11-12 p. 10 Death, Harriett Beatty
Walter L. Main Dies After
65 Years in Show Business
  1950 23 No. 11-12 p. 10 1950
Rev. Chester Hoyt
Back in Sarasoty
  1950 23 No. 11-12 p. 12 Ringling Museum 1950
Most Famous of Circus
Wagons to Go to Museum
  1950 23 No.11-12 p.12 Two Hemispheres
Aerial "Starlites"
Typical Trailerites
Phillips, Fred 1950 23 No.11-12 p. 16 Bonceks
Let's Take a Holiday
. . . Shall We?
MacFarland, R. W. 1950 23 No.11-12 pp. 19-21 Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Troubles of a Circus Man Mills, Cyril B. 1950 23 No.11-12 p. 22, 24-25 Circus, England 1950
Circus Folk Meet
at Animal Haven
Meagher, Edward 1950 23 No.11-12 p. 31-32 Thousand Oaks 1950
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