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White Tops

Partial Index of Articles, 1951 - 1960

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.

1951

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Pays Up for Hartford Fire   1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1944
History of FSU's Circus Montague, Bill 1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 3 Florida State
University Circus
Ida North Dies   1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 4 Ringling-Barnum 1951
Previously Ass. General
Manager becomes GM
  1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 6 Ringling-Barnum
General Agent, Boudinot, "Babe"
Two Weeks With Silvers
(Program and Happenings)
Baker, Sid 1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 9 Silvers Circus, Australia
Star Risks Fall
in New Circus Film
  1951 24 No. 1-2 p.10 Betty Hutton
Returns to Benson's   1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 10 Julie Allen, animal trainer
Circus in Russia - 1950 Spears, E.M. 1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 11 Moscow Circus Russia
Former Circus Physician
Locates in New London
  1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 12 Ringling-Barnum
Shreveport La,
Shrine Circus (Program)
  1951 24 No. 1-2 p. 13 Shrine Circus
El Karubah, 1951
Death-(50 yrs in Show Bus)
Followed Concello (CB to R)
  1951 24 No. 1-2 p.15 Ringling-Barnum,
General Agent, 1951,
Tupper, Waldo T.
One Hundred Years Ago   1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 9 List of circuses 1851
Greatest Show on Earth   1951 24 No. 3-4 pp. 9-11 Ringling-Barnum 1951
Where They Opened
23 Years Ago
  1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 13 Barnes, Ringling-Barnum,
Sparks, Sells-Floto
Hagenbeck-Wallace, Robinson
Miller Bros., Robbins
Letter From England   1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 16 English circuses
Top Performers of
the Gay Nineties
Wixom, Clyde 1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 17  
Ringling Show Year by Year Hohenadel, Walter 1951 24 No. 3-4 pp. 21-23 1933-1951
Little Biographies of
Famous American Circusmen
Sturtevant, C. G. 1951 24 No. 3-4 pp. 25-26, 30 Flatfoots, Geo. F. Bailey,
Hyatt Frost, John Robinson,
Rufus Welch
Mills Bros. Entertained
Grotto Show People
  1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 28 1951
Bolivan Circus Frantz, H. R. 1951 24 No. 3-4 pp. 29-30  
Books and Magazines   1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 34 Review
Wagon List - Cole Bros.
Season of 1936
  1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 36  
Meriden Had Its Own Circus
Along with Famous Performers
Campion, Leona 1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 40  
American Circus Corp. Is
Taken Over by Ringling
  1951 24 No. 3-4 p. 44 1929
Mi-Mi, the Clown Still
Loves the Circus
DiCorpo, John 1951 24 No. 3-4 pp. 51-52 Minert DeOrlo
Bloomington (Ill.) Library
Has Circus Display
Noble, Clyde V. 1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 2  
Breckinridge G.I.
Assisted Lion Tamer
  1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 18 Clyde Beatty
German Circuses in 1950 Hersleb, Anton 1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 21  
King Bros. 1951
Opening Day
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 21 1951
Rogers Bros. Circus 1951 Bradbury, Joseph T. 1951 24 No. 5-6 pp. 22-23  
(Ringling-Barnum
1951 Information)
  1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 24  
Circus Fans Enjoy
West Bros. Circus
Marcks, Donald 1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 24 1951
Olga Celeste Retires;
Last Leopard Dies
  1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 24 Animal trainer 1951
Books and Magazines   1951 24 No. 5-6 p. 24 Review
William Blomberg, Veteran
Animal Man, Is Dead
  1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 2 Barker Bros. 1951
Circus Hippisley-Coxe, Anthony 1951 24 No. 7-8 pp. 3-6  
Kenturcky Giant
World Wonder
  1951 24 No. 7-8 pp. 9-10 Capt Martin Bates
Tom Pack's Thrill Circus Knecht, Karl Kae 1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 10 Tom Packs, history
Bits of Circus News
From the Past 100 Years
  1951 24 No. 7-8 pp. 11-12 Dixon, Illinois
Cole and Walters Circus   1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 12 Photographs
Oldtime Circus Day in
Troy Left Thrills to
Be Remembered
  1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 16 Buffalo Bill's show
Mills Bros. Has Big Day
at Rockford, Ill.
  1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 15 Program 1951
Books and Magazines   1951 24 No. 7-8 p. 19 Reviews
(Cartoon) Knecht, Karl Kae 1951 24 No. 7-8 p.20 Greatest Show on Earth
movie 1951
Bringing the Circus
to the People
Brodie, J. P. 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1951
Whitney Show Chindahl, George L. 1951 24 No. 9-10 pp. 3-5 History
Mills Bros. at
Bennington Vermont
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 5 1951
Funeral for Clown Who
Died with One Penny
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 5 Edward Ellsworth Boyle 1951
Romping Bears Ditch
Kelly-Miller truck
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 6 1951
Knechts on Tour of Europe Knecht, Karl Kae 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 7 Bertram Mills 1951
Chimpanzee Act at
Danish Circus
McLemore, Henry 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 8 Danish circuses
Some Circus History from
Missoula, Montana
Elder, Claude 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 8 1880s-1890s
Fans Honor Creator
of Modern Circus
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 9 Philip Astley
Funeral for Last of the
'Flying Codonas'
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 9 Abelardo Codona 1951
Hagan-Wallace in Hopewell Poarach, L. Wilson 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 10 1951
Rogers Bros. Circus Picks
a Scorcher in Petersburg
Poarch, L. Wilson 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 10 1951
Fan and the Local Publisher Sims, Emmett W. 1951 24 No. 9-10 pp. 11-12 Press agent
Campa Bros. Elephants Run
After Being Frightened
Lowery, Ramond 1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 12 1951
Fans Visit Ringling
Advance Car
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 12 1951
West Coast Kinks
and Kinkers
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum 1951
French 'Flyer' Meets
Boyhood Idol
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 14 Emile Codreano
Kindly King Circus   1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 14 King Bros. 1951
Chimps Ride Motorcycles
at St. Louis Zoo
  1951 24 No. 9-10 p. 14 George Vierheller
Circusing in Four
States in 1951
Braathen, Faye O. 1951 24 No. 9-10 pp. 15-19 1951
Circus in New Orleans Sturtevant, C. G. 1951 24 No. 11-12 pp. 5-8 History
Museum of the American
Circus Has Chambers
Famous Circus Collection
  1951 24 No. 11-12 pp. 9-12 Ringling Museum
It's Circus, CFA -
It's Big Show
Braden, Frank 1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 15 Movie Greatest Show
on Earth 1951
Barnum Camel Most
Pictured Animal
  1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 16 Barnum and Bailey
Clyde Beatty Circus
Loading List
  1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 18 Train 1951
8th Annual Alzafar Shrine
Circus at San Antonio, Texas
Sturtevant, C. G. 1951 24 No. 11-12 pp. 26-27 Polack Bros. 1951
Books and Magazines   1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 28 Review
Mills Bros. Has New
Winter Quarters in Ohio
  1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 31 Greenville, OH 1951
West Coast Kinks
and Kinkers
  1951 24 No. 11-12 p. 32 Circus news 1951

1952

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Col. Zack Miller   1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 2 Death, showman 1952
What New York Reviewers
Think of "The Greatest
Show on Earth
Wilson, Eric 1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum, Movie
Biller Bros. to Go
Out Under New Title
Lott, James G. 1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 5 Howe's Famous Hippodrome
Charles Campbell May Have
Show Out Next Season
  1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 6 1952
Index to Historical Articles
on the American Circus
Rogers, Stan 1952 25 No. 1-2 pp. 10-11 White Tops, Vol. 20-24
Back to the Open Road Frantz, Harvey R. 1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 12 History, moving
the show
How to Build a Circus Act Phillips 1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 13 George Bodo,
Bounding Bodos
Circus Author's Errors Cole, Harry W. 1952 25 No. 1-2 pp. 14-15 Book "Hold Your Hosses"
Books and Magazines   1952 25 No. 1-2 p. 18 Bodo, George
John Ringling North Is
Presenting the Finest Edition
of "The Greatest Show on Earth
Montague, Bill 1952 25 No. 3-4 pp. 9-10 Ringling-Barnum, 1952
Dean of Elephant Trainers
Dies at 68
Quillen, Harry 1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 10 Cheerful Gardner 1952
Hargreaves Circus Chindahl, George L. 1952 25 No. 3-4 pp. 13-15 History
King Bros. and Christiani
Circus to Have Parade
  1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 15 1952
Mills Bros. to Offer a
New Show This Season
  1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 16 1952
Hunt Story: Legend,
Fact and Progress
Barton, Billy 1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 20 Hunt Bros.
Last Act on the
Big Show Advance
Wilson, Eric C. 1952 25 No. 3-4 p.21 Ringling-Barnum,
Joseph Brown,
banner puller
Books and Magazines   1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 21 Review
Real Magic of the Circus Galt, Floree 1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 26 Henry Kyes, bandmaster
American Circuses on the
Road in the Year 1852
Sturtevant, C. G. 1952 25 No. 3-4 p. 30 List
Les Idalys: Upside Down
on a Unicycle with a
Lady Suspended from an Ironjaw
Phillips, Fred H. 1952 25 No. 3 p. 20 Lucien Idalys
King Bros.-Cristiani Circus Bradbury, Joseph T. 1952 25 No. 3 pp. 21-22,
29-30
1952
John Duffy & Sons
Ireland's National Circus
and Zoo
Badger, June W. 1952 25 No. 3 pp. 25-26  
Madame Marantette
Equestrienne
Chindahl, George L. 1952 25 No. 3 pp. 27-28 Emma & Myrtie Peek
Bert Chipman, Veteran
Circus Man, Passes On
  1952 25 No. 3 p. 31 Death, 1952
Rogers Bros. Circus Bradbury, Joseph T. 1952 25 No. 3 p. 34 1952 season
Howe's Hippodrome Circus
Held at Rochelle
  1952 25 No. 3 p. 35 1952
To Start New Movie
Joe Walsh works Beatty Act
  1952 25 No. 4 p. 2 Clyde Beatty 1952
Death (88 yrs)
(Wm. Shackleford Andres)
  1952 25 No. 4 p. 2 Mills Bros.,
Circus Evangelist
Doc Waddell
1952 Program   1952 25 No. 4 p. 3 Sarasota Sailor Circus
1952 Highlights Semmes, Dave 1952 25 No. 4 p. 6 Mills Bros.
Changes of the Big Show Knecht, Karl Kae 1952 25 No. 4 p. 7 Ringling-Barnum, 1952
Death (47 yrs)
8 foot 7 in
  1952 25 No. 4 p. 8 Jack Earle, giant 1952
1952 Show Harshman, James 1952 25 No. 4 p. 9 Hagan-Wallace 1952
Truck overturns
2 Elephants Freed
  1952 25 No. 4 p. 12 Cole-Walters 1952
Still The Greatest Show Loeffler, Robert 1952 25 No. 4 p. 14 Ringling-Barnum, 1952
Marker Recalls Ringlings
Early Days in Iowa
Clark, Florence 1952 25 No. 5 p. 3 1861
Books and Magazines   1952 25 No. 5 p. 4 Reviews
Kelly-Miller Shows
White Tops Town
Hohenadel, Walter B. 1952 25 No. 5 pp. 5-6 1952
Performers' Dining Car
On the Ringling Show
in 1895
  1952 25 No. 5 p. 7  
King Bros. & Cristiani
Circus Continues to Draw
Poarch, L. Wilson 1952 25 No. 5 p. 8 1952
Rare Picture Over
a Century Old
Sturtevant, C. G. 1952 25 No. 5 p. 9 Spalding & Rogers, 1952
Why Wisconsin Should
Have a Circus Museum
Bates, Kirk 1952 25 No. 5 pp. 11-12 Circus history WI
Circus Day Reflections Loeffler, Robert J. 1952 25 No. 5 p. 12 Ringling-Barnum 1952
Jackie Teeter
Dies in Fall
  1952 25 No. 5 p. 14 High pole act 1952
Circus in San Francisco Sturtevant, C. G. 1952 25 No. 6 pp. 3, 5-7 History
Comparing Today's Big
Show with Yesteryear's
Lott, James G. 1952 25 No. 6 pp. 8-9 Ringling-Barnum, 1952
Bob-Tailed Lion Frantz, Harvey R. 1952 25 No. 6 p. 9 "Prince"
Luisita Leers Married
in Germany
  1952 25 No. 6 p. 10 Aerial performer,
married Gerhard Klages
Books and Magazines   1952 25 No. 6 p. 10 Review
Chicago Opening of
Ringling Brothers Circus
Season of 1895
  1952 25 No. 6 pp. 11-12  
On the Road   1952 25 No. 6 pp. 12-15, 30,
32, 34,
36, 38-40
Ringling Bros. 1895,
day-by-day
John Ringling Contributed
Much to Sarasota's Growth
  1952 25 No. 6 p. 16  
Tribute to Bluch Landorf   1952 25 No. 6 p. 19 Clown, 1952
Polack Western Had Big
Business in San Antonio
  1952 25 No. 6 p. 20 Polack Bros. 1952
Royal Performance
Staged by Bertram Mills Circus
  1952 25 No. 6 p. 22 England, 1952
Barnum and His Midget
From Same Family Tree
  1952 25 No. 6 p. 28 Tom Thumb

1953

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Dode Fisk -
Playboy and Showman
Chindahl, George L. 1953 26 No. 1 pp. 3-5 Theodore Fisk
Great Adam Forepaugh
Parade in 1888
  1953 26 No. 1 p. 6 Parade list
Arthur Hopper, Former Big
Show General Agent,
Passes on to the Big Lot
  1953 26 No. 1 p. 6 Death, 1952
Col. C. G. Sturtevant
National Historian Dies
at the age of Seventy-five
  1953 26 No. 1 pp. 7-8 1953
Cirque D'Hiver Celebrates
Its 100th Anniversary
Winter, Marian H. 1953 26 No. 1 p. 9 1953
Forepaugh Fakes Francis, Don 1953 26 No. 1 p. 10 Great Forepaugh Circus
Charles Day, press agent
Route Book:
Circus Fans' Literature
  1953 26 No. 1 p. 12 Ringling-Barnum 1952
Bill Antes,
Big Show TV Agent
Dies at Age of 47
Tribute to Bill Antes
  1953 26 No. 1 pp. 13-14 1953
Hamid-Morton Circus Opened
to Big Business in Memphis
  1953 26 No. 1 p. 14 1953
Ringling Theatre in
Baraboo Changes Hands
  1953 26 No. 1 p. 14 1953
Life Gets Too Tame
Publicist Complains
Niven, David 1953 26 No. 1 pp. 15-16 Frank Braden, press agent
Before Blondin Mars, Vivian 1953 26 No. 1 p. 18 Early rope dancers
Books and Magazines   1953 26 No. 1 p. 20 Review
Elsie and Paul Jung Sew
and Tinker as "Big Show" Travels
Roe, Dorothy 1953 26 No. 1 p. 20 Clown & equestrienne
Simmons Circus Revue Marcks, Donald 1953 26 No. 1 p. 20 1952
Bertram Mills Circus   1953 26 No. 2 p. 2 England 1953
Big Show Features
Five-Year-Old Belgian Prodigy
in Brilliant Opening
Montague, Bill 1953 26 No. 2 pp. 3-4 Ringling-Barnum 1953
Mills Bros. Opened to
Good Crowds in
Spite of Snow
  1953 26 No. 2 pp. 7-8 1953
Circus Art   1953 26 No. 2 p. 8 Walter Krawiec, artist
Sailor Circus Thrills
Crowd of 2,000 Fans
  1953 26 No. 2 p. 10 Sarasota Sailor Circus
Books and Magazines   1953 26 No. 2 p. 10 Reviews
Riding Rudynoffs Phillips, Fred H. 1953 26 No. 2 p. 11  
Gainesville Circus Opened
1953 Season on April 15th
  1953 26 No. 2 p. 13 Gainesville Community
Circus, 1953
O'Neal Clan Plays Big Part
in Famed Gainesville Circus
  1953 26 No. 2 p. 14 O'Neal family performers
Wichita Fans Have Big Time
on Hamid-Morton Police Circus
  1953 26 No. 2 pp. 15-16 Show 1953
1953 Show Starts
in Snow April 18
  1953 26 No. 3 p. 7 Mills Bros. 1953
About Bulls Mars, Vivian 1953 26 No. 3 p. 8 Elephants, types, records
Public Collections
of Circusiana
Chindahl, George 1953 26 No. 3 p. 11 Museums of Circus
1953 parade   1953 26 No. 3 p. 13 Diano Bros. 1953
Tony Diano
Center Ring for
RBBB in 1953
  1953 26 No. 3 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum, trapeze,
1953, Luisita Leers
Review April 25 Marcks, Donald 1953 26 No. 3 p. 14 Rudy Bros. 1953
Circus War in Hartford   1953 26 No. 3 p. 14 1879
Clem Merks with Chipperfield
Tigers with them
Badger, June W 1953 26 No. 3 p. 17 Ireland's National Circus
1953, Joe Duffy
1953 Show   1953 26 No. 3 p. 18 Kay Bros. 1953
Al Kayda
Review Marcks, Donald 1953 26 No. 3 p. 18 Kay Bros. 1953
5 Shows Battled in
Davenport Iowa's Circus War
  1953 26 No. 3 p. 19 1906
In Coney Island for summer
Started Sig Sautelle in 1905
  1953 26 No. 3 p. 19 Frank Luley "Dutch"
Campbell Bros. Great
Consolidated Shows 1895-1912
Campbell, Charles 1953 26 No. 4 p. 5  
Greatest Show on Earth   1953 26 No. 4 pp. 6-13 Ringling-Barnum
Lions Can Be Trained,
Not Tamed, Says Man Who
Did It for 43 Years
Inabinette, Tom 1953 26 No. 4 p. 14 John C. Guilfoyle,
animal trainer
Barnum and Bailey Circus
at Wichita in 1907
Bates, Frances 1953 26 No. 4 p. 16 1907
Early Circuses
in Austin, Minnesota
  1953 26 No. 4 p. 16 1800s
First Circus Poster   1953 26 No. 4 p. 18  
King Bros. & Cristiani
Combined Circus
Harshman, James 1953 26 No. 4 pp. 19-20 1953
Capell Bros. Circus
at Washington, Kansas
  1953 26 No. 4 p. 21 1953
Rogers Bros. Circus Green, Bill 1953 26 No. 4 p. 22 1953
C. P. Siegrist, Noted
Aerialist, Succumbs at 72
  1953 26 No. 5 p. 20 Death, Charles Siegrist
Mrs. Edith Conway Ringling   1953 26 No. 5 p. 20 Death 1953
Anna Christiansen Passes   1953 26 No. 5 p. 20 Death, animal trainer
Hagan Bros. Has Light
Day at "White Tops" Town
  1953 26 No. 5 p. 21 1953
Rich man's son
from Massillon, Oh.
Chindahl, George 1953 26 No. 6 p. 1 Albert M. Wetter
Circus, 1893
Shows from 1907 to 1911 Duble, Charlie 1953 26 No. 6 p. 8 Sun Bros. World's
Progressive Shows 1907
Memories of an
Old Cally-ope Driver
Lynch, Frank 1953 26 No. 6 p. 12 Driver of Horses,
Frank Lynch
Ringling Circus Survives Loeffler, Robert 1953 26 No. 6 p. 16 Ringling-Barnum,
Disasters
Juggling and Some
Remarkable Jugglers
  1953 26 No. 6 p. 24  
Review Winter, Marian 1953 26 No. 6 p. 28 Circus Williams,
Germany 1953
Old Circus Wagons
Location in the US
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1953 26 No. 6 p. 31  
Report Successful Season   1953 26 No. 6 p. 36 Mills Bros. 1953
Death (83 yrs) mother
of Poodles and George
  1953 26 No. 6 p. 52 Elizabeth Hanneford

1954

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Recollectons of a Billposter Kilpatrick, Harold M. 1954 27 No. 1 pp. 3-4  
Old-Time Circus Clown Dies Quillen, Harry 1954 27 No. 1 p. 9 Karl Waddell "Peggy" 1953
Al Sirat Grotto Circus
Opened to Good Crowds
Boyle, John 1954 27 No. 1 p. 10 Program 1953
Robinson Famous Shows
Forty Years Ago
Duble, C. E. 1954 27 No. 1 pp. 11-12 1914 Mugivan & Bowers
Old Circus Wagons Bradbury, Joseph T. 1954 27 No. 1 pp. 14-16, 20 Wagon Locations, part two
Francesco Lentini   1954 27 No. 1 pp. 17-18 3 legged man
Cole-Bradford Circus   1954 27 No. 1 p. 18 1916
Books and Magazines   1954 27 No. 1 p. 19 Reviews
Marble Elephants Guard
Deparated Showmen
  1954 27 No. 2 pp. 2, 21 Burials at Showman's Rest
Visit to Wirths   1954 27 No. 2 p. 4 Wirth Circus, Australia
More Circus
in the Big One
Montague, Bill 1954 27 No. 2 pp. 5-7 Ringling-Barnum 1954
Circus Wagons Senhauser, Robert 1954 27 No. 2 pp. 13-14 History
Kay Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1954 27 No. 2 p. 14 1954
Opening Day of
King Bros. Circus
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1954 27 No. 2 pp. 15-16 1954
Mills Bros. Circus Opens
15th Annual Tour at Greenville
Boyle, John W. 1954 27 No. 2 p. 17 1954
Impressions of the
London Circuses
Badger, June W. 1954 27 No. 2 pp. 18, 21 England, 1954
Sells & Gray's
New United Shows
Duble, C. E. 1954 27 No. 2 p. 19 1900
Rudy Bros. Circus Quillen, Harry 1954 27 No. 2 p. 19 Rudi Jacobi
Books and Magazines   1954 27 No. 2 p. 20 Reviews
Frank O. Howard -
American Legion Circus
Marcks, Donald 1954 27 No. 2 p. 20 1954
Belle Vue's Circus Badger, June 1954 27 No. 2 pp. 22-23 England 1954
"Buffalo Bill" Controversy
Reopened by Kansas Man
Badger, June 1954 27 No. 2 p. 24  
James McSorley, Veteran
of Circus
  1954 27 No. 3 p. 4 aka James J. Mack,
showman death 1954
Hagen Bros. -
The Convention Circus
  1954 27 No. 3 p. 5 Photographs
Community Circus is
Well Costumed, Offers New Acts
  1954 27 No. 3 pp. 7-9 Gainesville Circus 1954
Circus Chaplain   1954 27 No. 3 pp. 11-12, 15 Father Edward Sullivan
Chipperfield's English Circus
Has New Lounge Wagon
White, Jack 1954 27 No. 3 p. 13 England 1954
Bailey Bros. &
Christiani Circus
Inabinette, Tom 1954 27 No. 3 p. 14 1954
Beers-Barnes Packs
Circus Flavor
Poarch, L. Wilson 1954 27 No. 3 p. 16 1954
More About Elephants White, L. Mitchell 1954 27 No. 3 pp. 17-18 Hugo Schmidt
Circus Barlay Dillenberg, Fritz 1954 27 No. 3 p. 18 Berlin
Zack Taught a Good
Lesson in Life
  1954 27 No. 4 p. 2 Zack Terrell
Day on Hagen Bros. Circus   1954 27 No. 4 p. 13 Photographs
Disneyland to Have
Circus Lot
  1954 27 No. 4 p. 22 1954
Back to Baraboo Friedman, Dave 1954 27 No. 4 pp. 23-24 Circus World Museum
Posey Drives 52 Horses Quillen, Harry 1954 27 No. 4 p. 24 Jake Posey
Passing of Zack Terrell,
Famed as Circus Owner
  1954 27 No. 4 p. 27 Death, 1954
Panoramic Pix of
RBBB on Lot
  1954 27 No. 5 cover Ringling-Barnum
1929 Season Bradbury, Joseph T. 1954 27 No. 5 p. 3 Gentry Bros. 1929
Death (42 yrs) son of
Charles with Show
  1954 27 No. 5 p. 10 Hunt Bros., Edward Hunt
1954 in Richmond Poarch, L. Wilson 1954 27 No. 5 p. 10 King Bros. 1954
Zoo's Daily School
(Bonavita) 1901
  1954 27 No. 5 p. 11 Frank C. Bostock,
animal trainer 1901
Count Nicholas Honored
(Ringmaster) Dover Equis. Dir.
  1954 27 No. 5 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum,
Ringmaster
To Show in Honolulu Smith, A. Morton 1954 27 No. 5 p. 18 Ward-Bell 1954
Circus in Early Chicago Chindahl, George 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 3, 5-7  
They Have Come and Gone Duble, Charlie 1954 27 No. 6 p. 8 Past circuses
1902-1938
Ken Maynard's Diamond "K"
Ranch Wild West, Circus
and Indian Congress
Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 9-10 Show history
Niblo's Garden Chindahl, George L. 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 11-12 1800s
F. J. Taylor's
Great American Circus
Sampson, J. Louis 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 13-14 1800s
Schumann Circus
of Copenhagen
Winter, Marian H. 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 18-19 Denmark 1954
Polack Eastern Unit Semmes, Dave 1954 27 No. 6 p. 20 Polack Bros. 1954
From the John Robinson
Route Book,
Season of 1899
Francis, Don 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 21-22,
24-26,
28-30, 44
1899
Ward-Bell Circus
Program Set
Smith, A. Morton 1954 27 No. 6 p. 36 1954-55
Official Program
Clyde Beatty Circus
  1954 27 No. 6 p. 37 1954
With Ringling
in Richmond
Poarach, L. Wilson 1954 27 No. 6 p. 40 Ringling-Barnum 1954
Gainsville Barn
Destroyed by Fire
  1954 27 No. 6 p. 41 Gainesville Circus,
Ward-Bell, 1954
Case of Josef Horvath Reynolds, Robert T. 1954 27 No. 6 pp. 48, 50 Animal trainer 1954
Adam Forepaugh Shows   1954 27 No. 6 p. 58 Season 1891

1955

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Centennial of the Calliope Phillips, Fred 1955 28 No. 1 p. 2 History, 1855
History of Sam B. Dill Circus Bradbury, Joseph T. 1955 28 No. 1 p. 5  
Hit in Havana   1955 28 No. 1 p. 10 Ringling-Barnum,
Cuba 1955
1955 Western Unit Haussman, Carl 1955 28 No. 1 p. 13 Polack Bros. 1955
Concello Buys Control   1955 28 No. 1 p. 14 Clyde Beatty, 1955
Arthur Concello
From the Route Book
Season of 1899
Francis, Don 1955 28 No. 1 p. 15 John Robinson, 1899
Figures and Facts for 1954 Braathen, Sverre O. 1955 28 No. 1 p. 18 Ringling-Barnum 1954
Circus Graveyard (wagons)   1955 28 No. 1 p. 19 Ringling-Barnum
1955 Edition Biggest Yet Montague, Bill 1955 28 No. 2 p. 5 Ringling-Barnum 1955
Scores in Honolulu
(3 wide flying return)
Smith, A. Morton 1955 28 No. 2 p. 7 Ward-Bell
Catching the Show
1829-1854
Mars, Vivian 1955 28 No. 2 p. 9 Raymond & Waring 1829
History Sam B. Dill
Circuses (Pt.2)
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1955 28 No. 2 p. 11  
London Circuses Badger, June W 1955 28 No. 2 p. 19 England, 1955
Death (83 yrs)
42 yrs with circuses
1945 hit by pole
Sarasota Herald 1955 28 No. 2 p. 21 Fred Bradna,
Equestrian Director
His life 1834-1919 Mars, Vivian 1955 28 No. 2 p. 23 Equestrian,
Richard Hemmings
Elephant Training Reed, Louis 1955 28 No. 2 p. 24 Ringling-Barnum 1955
Book He Didn't Write Beal, George B. 1955 28 No. 3 p. 2 Hunt Bros. 1955
Has Brilliant Opening
(Miss Aerialetta, W. Jennier)
Montague, Bill 1955 28 No. 3 p. 5 Hunt Bros. 1955
At Manchester Badger, June W. 1955 28 No. 3 p. 7 Belle Vue Circus
England 1955
History-1899 plus Chindahl, George 1955 28 No. 3 p. 9 Burns, Boldt and
Hanus, 1899
Wreck of GWC
(NY Clipper 1903)
  1955 28 No. 3 p. 12 Great Wallace 1903
Opening the Season at
Jefferson Oh. (New WQ there)
Boyle, John W. 1955 28 No. 3 p. 13 Mills Bros. 1955
Married to Elvira Gebhardt   1955 28 No. 3 p. 14 Clown, Emmett Kelly
1955 Show   1955 28 No. 3 p. 17 Hagen Bros. 1955
Popular Bluff, Mo   1955 28 No. 3 p. 18 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros
1857 Ill. London
News Article
  1955 28 No. 3 p. 18 Great United States
Circus, 1857
1955 (Western) Hammerstrom, Dav. 1955 28 No. 3 p. 19 Polack Bros. 1955
Family History
(Late 1800's)
Chindahl, George 1955 28 No. 4 p. 19 Skerbeck Family
Model Train   1955 28 No. 4 p. 24 Clyde Beatty
Year 1955 McGrath, W. H. 1955 28 No. 5 p. 2  
Great American Water Circus Chindahl, George 1955 28 No. 5 pp. 3, 5-6 Steam boats & circuses
1902-1905
Los Angeles CFA Picnic Quillen, Harry 1955 28 No. 5 p. 7 Thousand Oaks 1955
Old Time "Spec" Johnson, Robert 1955 28 No. 5 pp. 8, 17-22 Spectacles
Lemon Bros. Circus Chindahl, George L. 1955 28 No. 5 pp. 9-10 History
Mechanical Thrillers Chindahl, George L. 1955 28 No. 5 pp. 15-16 Catapults & human arrows
Tex Carson Circus Marcks, Donald 1955 28 No. 5 p. 23 1955
Opinion on
Circus Publicity
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1955
Diary of English clown,
1830's to the U.S.
Chindahl, George 1955 28 No. 6 p. 3 Joseph Blackburn
Fans Catch Opening Chipman, Harry 1955 28 No. 6 p. 9 Disneyland Circus
Critical Years in
Our Circus History
(after Civil War)
Mars, Vivian 1955 28 No. 6 p. 12 1865
Circus Wagon Builder Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1955 28 No. 6 p. 13 Frank H. Fellows
Ringling Mansion to Be
Anti-Red Center (Oak Ridge, NJ)
McFadden, W J 1955 28 No. 6 p.15 Ringling Mansion 1955
First daughter   1955 28 No. 6 p. 15 Clown Emmett Kelly
With many shows,
Started his own in 1910
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 16 Atterbury Bros.
Wagon Shows,
Robert L. Atterbury
A Critical Re-examination
of the History of the
S. Calliope
Loeffler, Robert 1955 28 No. 6 p. 17 Calliope, Steam
Open-Folded, 1955   1955 28 No. 6 p. 21 Fred J. Mack Circus 1955
2 Hemispheres Bandwagon
moved to CHF
Birchall, Norm 1955 28 No. 6 p. 23 Wagon, 1955
Almond Began 50 yrs
of Show Bis with $100
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 27 Wheeler & Almond
Jethro Almond
Brodhead Claims
Beginning of G.S.O.E.
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 37 Ringling-Barnum
Leonard Bros to tour in
56 with Mack equipment
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 44 Fred J. Mack Circus
Fred Pfening
To Tour in 1956 with
Fred J Mack Equipment
  1955 28 No. 6 p. 44 Leonard Bros, 1955
Art Leonard
Ad showing aerial drawing   1955 28 No. 6 p. 55 CHF 1955

1956

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Recollectons of an Acrobat Millette (Schlee), E 1956 29 No. 1 p. 3 Ernest Millette Schlee
1956 (Western) Haussman, Carl 1956 29 No. 1 p. 9 Polack Bros. 1956
Death (80 yrs) Last of
the old time Elephant men
Quillen, Harry 1956 29 No. 1 p. 10 Joe Metcalf, 1956
1905 Season Duble, Charlie 1956 29 No. 1 p. 11 Carl Hagenbeck Trained
Animal Show 1905
Elephants (21 at WQ)   1956 29 No. 1 p. 13 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.
Elephants, 1956
Returning to RBBB to put
Press Dept Shipshap, Resigns
Harris, Phil 1956 29 No. 1 p. 14 Roland Butler,
Ringling-Barnum press agent
1956 Show Marcks, Donald 1956 29 No. 1 p. 15 Kay Bros. 1956
Critical Re-examination
of History of the S. Calliope
Loeffler, Robert 1956 29 No. 1 p. 17 Calliope, Steam
1956 (Eastern) Semmes, Dave 1956 29 No. 1 p. 22 Polack Bros. 1956
On TV in 1956   1956 29 No. 2 p. 20 Ringling-Barnum 1956
New Sparkle to
the 1956 Edition
Montague, Bill 1956 29 No. 2 p. 21 Ringling-Barnum 1956
1892 Season
(from Route Book -
Day by Day)
  1956 29 No. 2 p.25 W. B. Reynold's
Consolidated, 1892
1956 Show Smith, A. Morton 1956 29 No. 2 p. 32 George W. Cole 1956
1956 Show Smith, A. Morton 1956 29 No. 2 p. 32 Tex Carson Wild Animal
R.R. Shows 1910-1938 Bradbury, Joseph T. 1956 29 No. 3 p. 3 Christy Bros.
British Winter Circuses Badger, June W 1956 29 No. 3 p. 6 1956
Index to Historical Articles
on the Am. Circus
Vol. 25-28
  1956 29 No. 3 p. 8 Index Historical Articles
1956 Review Randolph, W. T. 1956 29 No. 3 p. 11 Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.
Late into Wash. D.C. Poarch, L. Wilson 1956 29 No. 3 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum 1956
1871 Show Chindahl, George 1956 29 No. 3 p. 14 Barnum's Great Traveling
Museum, 1871
Death (56 yrs)
Management with many shows
  1956 29 No. 3 p. 15 Ralph Clawson,
assistant manager,
adjuster, 1956, Clawson, Ralph
Museum of the
Am circus Re-Opened
  1956 29 No. 3 p. 16 Museum Ringling 1956
P. Valdo says Circus
is better than ever
  1956 29 No. 3 p. 17 Ringling-Barnum 1956
1956 Blowdown Beal, George B. 1956 29 No. 3 p. 18 Cristiani Bros. 1956
Why The Circus Closed Sarasota Herald 1956 29 No. 4 p. 2 Ringling-Barnum 1956
Old Circus Band Braathen, Sverre O. 1956 29 No. 4 p. 3 Bands, Bandmasters
Big One Closes in
Mid Season (Management Problems)
Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1956 29 No. 4 p. 9 Ringling-Barnum 1956
1956 Show   1956 29 No. 4 p. 11 Hagen Bros. 1956
Some Views of Past
presidents on Future
of the Circus
  1956 29 No. 4 p. 12 Future of the Circus
Wagons of the Christy Shows Bradbury, Joseph T. 1956 29 No. 4 p. 13 Christy Bros.
Rogue Elephants Rampage Conroy, Edward 1956 29 No. 4 p. 23 Sells-Floto 1928
Trained Animal Show Review Marcks, Donald 1956 29 No. 4 p. 25 John Strong 1956
Sells Title Chindahl, George 1956 29 No. 4 p. 26 Sells Bros. 1872
1956 Show   1956 29 No. 4 p. 27 Leonard Bros.
The BB Show in Europe
(Adventures of a Billposter)
Rickeman, Hugo A 1956 29 No. 5 p. 3 Buffalo Bill's
Wild West 1906
Too Soon To Play Taps Kelley, Bev. 1956 29 No. 5 p. 7 Ringling-Barnum 1956
1956 Show Rahn, Orlo 1956 29 No. 5 p. 11 Clyde Beatty
Covers 4 1/2 Acres
and what it has
White, L. Mitchell 1956 29 No. 5 p. 12 CHF Museum 1956
1956 R.R. car line up   1956 29 No. 5 p. 14 Clyde Beatty,
Train Line Up 1956
His Circus Photographs
Span nearly Half Century
  1956 29 No. 5 p.26 Harry Atwell
Playing to good houses   1956 29 No. 5 p. 27 Clyde Beatty 1956
Walter L. Main Chindahl, George 1956 29 No. 6 p. 3  
Flamboyant Agent, Manager
(Gentry, Ringling, 101)
Wilkinson, Diana 1956 29 No. 6 p. 9 Clint Finney, agent
1956 Circus Season Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1956 29 No. 6 p. 11 Review Year 1956
1883 Show Herwig, Wes 1956 29 No. 6 p. 14 Great Forepaugh Circus
Ready for 1957 Quillen, Harry 1956 29 No. 6 p. 17 Rudy Bros. 1956
Missouri's Mr. Circus White, L. Mitchell 1956 29 No. 6 p. 21 William P. Hall
Retires from the National
Zoo in Washington DC
  1956 29 No. 6 p. 24 1956 Dr William Mann
Memories of Ringling
Bros in Missoula
Elder, Claude 1956 29 No. 6 p. 38 Ringling Bros. 1898
At Department Store in
Tacoma (Dogs & Elephants)
Marcks, Donald 1956 29 No. 6 p. 42 Dolly Jacobs Circus 1956

1957

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
With B. Dodgers   1957 30 No. 1 p. 2 Emmett Kelly, clown
1923-24 Seasons Bradbury, Joseph T. 1957 30 No. 1 p. 3 Golden Bros. 1923
Show Marcks, Donald 1957 30 No. 1 p. 5 Ringling-Barnum 1957
1956 Show   1957 30 No. 1 p. 8 Weber Bros. 1956
Biggest Showoff in
the Animal Kingdom
White, L. Mitchell 1957 30 No. 1 p. 10 Roland Tiebor,
animal trainer (Seals)
1957 Show
(Cat, Wolf, Zebra)
Haussman, C. H. 1957 30 No. 1 p. 11 Polack Bros.,
cage act, Pat Jamieson
Armory Show   1957 30 No. 1 p. 18 Frank Hildebrand's
Fun "O" Rama 1957
Unfolds Its 1957
Performance at
Madison Sq Garden
Montague, Bill 1957 30 No. 2 p. 5 Ringling-Barnum 1957
1902-1919
History of Show
Smith, A. Morton 1957 30 No. 2 p. 9 Henry Bros. Circus, 1902, Henry, J.E.
Twenty-four hour man Tomer, Robert 1957 30 No. 2 p. 11 Ringling-Barnum,
Willie Carr
Circus Leaves for NY Tharp, Paul R. 1957 30 No. 2 p. 14 Ringling-Barnum 1957
Florida Circus Tour Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1957 30 No. 2 p. 15 1957
Circus Railroad contracts Braathen, Sverre O. 1957 30 No. 2 p. 19 Train Contracts/Costs
Last Survivor of Old
Circus Harness Makers
Windhorn, Stan 1957 30 No. 2 p. 27 Willis Dyke "Waxey"
1957 Show (1st Season) Montague, Bill 1957 30 No. 3 p. 9 McGaw's Motor Circus
Bill McGaw
1957 Show
(at Palisades Amusement Park)
Flaherty, Will A. 1957 30 No. 3 p. 10 Hamid-Morton and
Hunt Bros., 1957
1957 Shrine Show   1957 30 No. 3 p. 12 Gil Gray Circus
Circus in Europe Smith, Maj Edward 1957 30 No. 3 p.13 Circus Knie,
Switzerland, 1957
Opens 65 Season Flaherty, Will A. 1957 30 No. 3 p. 15 Hunt Bros. 1957
Motorized - 1957 Poarch, L. Wilson 1957 30 No. 3 p. 16 Clyde Beatty 1957
Circus Railroad Contracts Braathen, Sverre O. 1957 30 No. 3 p. 18 Continued
(Jungleland)   1957 30 No. 4 pp. 12-13 Photos, program
Jungleland 1957
Old Circus Wagons Located
on the Circus Lot
at Disneyland
  1957 30 No. 4 p. 15 Photographs
Jungleland Circus   1957 30 No. 4 pp. 16, 27 1957
Gentry Bros. and
Patterson Circus
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1957 30 No. 4 pp. 17-21,
24-26
History
Rudy Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1957 30 No. 4 pp. 26-27 1957
Bill McGaw's Motor Circus
Has California Premier
Montague, Bill 1957 30 No. 4 pp. 32-33 1957
Starless Night Griffith, Helen 1957 30 No. 4 p. 34 Horse, Capt. William
Heyer, trainer
Big Show Out in the Open Hall, William III 1957 30 No. 4 pp. 36-38 Ringling-Barnum 1957
(Photograph)   1957 30 No. 4 p. 36 Manuel King,
animal trainer
Henry C. Moeller   1957 30 No. 4 p. 39 Death 1957, wagon builder
John Strong Circus Marcks, Donald 1957 30 No. 4 p. 40 1957
Polack Bros. Circus
Eastern Unit Visits Ogden
Stegen, Joe 1957 30 No. 4 p. 40 1957
Circus Man Skerbeck Dead Stegen, Joe 1957 30 No. 4 p. 41 Gust Skerbeck 1957
Circus Railroad Contracts Braathen, Sverre O. 1957 30 No. 4 pp. 42-44 continued
History of the
Seils-Sterling Circus
Chindahl, George 1957 30 No. 5 pp. 3, 5-7 Seils-Sterling,
Lindemann Family
School for Man and Beast White, L. Mitchell 1957 30 No. 5 p. 8 St. Louis Zoo,
Jungleland, 1957
I Knew Yankee Robinson Barker, Samuel G. 1957 30 No. 5 pp. 10-12  
Former Circus
Performer Dies
Barker, Samuel G. 1957 30 No. 5 p. 14 Lilly Craven Larwell
Charles T. Hunt, Sr. Flaherty, Will A. 1957 30 No. 5 pp. 16, 22 Death, owner, Hunt Bros.
Boy's Dream Realized Hilderra, Charles 1957 30 No. 5 pp. 17-19 Hilderra's career
Sello Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1957 30 No. 5 p. 22 1957
Fred Buchanan Chindahl, George 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 3, 5-8 Career of circus owner
Harry Atwell, Circus
Photog, Dies in Sarasota
  1957 30 No. 6 p. 8 1957
John H. Brice   1957 30 No. 6 p. 8 Death 1957,
Ringling-Barnum
Chief of Detectives
Passing of George L. Chindahl
National Historian . . .
  1957 30 No. 6 p. 9 1957
Dockrills Mars, Vivian 1957 30 No. 6 p. 10 Equestrians
Sparks Circus 1928 Bradbury, Joseph T. 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 11-15,
24-25
 
1957 Circus Season Pfening, Fred D. Jr. 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 18-20 Review
Ella Bradna   1957 30 No. 6 p. 23 Equestrienne, death 1957
Mrs. Fred E. Tryon   1957 30 No. 6 p. 23 Elizabeth Rooney,
Riding Rooneys,
death 1957
Blind Bill Durant Heagney, Anne 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 26-27 Clown, advance agent
Adams Bros. Circus   1957 30 No. 6 p. 27 1957
Polack's Philadelphia Run
Strong on Talent
Hall, William III 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 30-32 Polack Bros. 1957
Weber Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1957 30 No. 6 pp. 35-36 1957
Big Show Is
Still the Greatest
Harting, Mark 1957 30 No. 6 p. 38 Ringling-Barnum 1957

1958

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Hertzberg Circus Collection
in Danger of Being Broken Up
Linden, Herman 1958 31 No. 1 p. 3 San Antonio Library
English Circus Niblett, Jack 1958 31 No. 1 pp. 5-8, 14 England
Aaron Turner & Company Chindahl, George L. 1958 31 No. 1 pp. 9-10 Early showman
Names of Two Train Wreck
Victums to Be Memorialized
Fuoss, William 1958 31 No. 1 pp. 15 Walter L. Main
wreck 1983
Taps for Terrell Hubler, George 1958 31 No. 1 pp. 17-18 Terrell Jacobs,
animal trainer
death 1957
Woman Trapeze Star
Dies at 85
  1958 31 No. 1 p. 18 Alferetta Denton, death 1957
One Hundred Years Ago Conover, Richard E. 1958 31 No. 1 p. 19 List of shows
1853-1858
Terrell Jacobs Died of a
Heart Attack Christmas Eve
  1958 31 No. 1 p. 21 Animal trainer, career
Circus Yields to Jet Age
and Burns Wagons
  1958 31 No. 1 p. 24 Paul Kelly, Cole Bros.
Eva Davenport   1958 31 No. 2 p. 2 Death 1958,
performer, owner
wife of Ben Davenport
Dick Scatterday Died
in Hotel Room
  1958 31 No. 2 p. 2 Richard O. Scatterday,
circus advertising
Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Bradbury, Joseph T. 1958 31 No. 2 pp. 7-10, 20-25 Season 1934
Big One Unfolded Their
1958 in New York
Montague, Bill 1958 31 No. 2 pp. 11-13 Ringling-Barnum, 1958
Harold Alzana Injured
in Fall, Replaced
by Gene Mendez
Johnson, Keith R. 1958 31 No. 2 p. 13 High wire, 1958
Clyde Beatty Circus
Presenting Strong Performance
Flaherty, Will A. 1958 31 No. 2 pp. 15-16 Clyde Beatty-Hamid Morton
Big One Parades
in New York City
Montague, Bill 1958 31 No. 2 p. 17 Ringling-Barnum 1958
Gainesville Circus   1958 31 No. 2 p. 26 Gainesville Community Circus
Al G. Barnes Circus Wreck   1958 31 No. 2 p. 27 1930
Barnum and London Shows Powers, Murray 1958 31 No. 2 p. 27 1887
Hamid-Morton Shrine Circus
at Milwaukee
Kapenstein, Ira 1958 31 No. 2 p. 28 1958
Hagen Bros. Circus Fined
for Lack of Safety Stickers
  1958 31 No. 3 p. 6 1958
Convention Show
Top-Tented Circus
Hall, William III 1958 31 No. 3 pp. 7-8, 11 Cristiani Bros. 1958
Albert H. Cole   1958 31 No. 3 p. 8 Showman, death 1958
Hamid Morton Circus
Struts Stuff in
Nation's Capitol
Tharp, Paul R. 1958 31 No. 3 pp. 13-14 Program 1958
Gainesville Community Circus   1958 31 No. 3 p. 14 1958
Trapeze Star Falls
in Stockholm
  1958 31 No. 3 p. 15 Pinito del Oro
Where the Circuses
Were September 1910
  1958 31 No. 3 p. 15 List of circuses
Carson-Barnes Circus
in California
Taber, Bob 1958 31 No. 3 p. 16 1958 show
Mills Bros. Circus Had
Record Crowd at Opening
  1958 31 No. 3 p. 17 1958 show
Ringling Animals to
Remain Near New York
  1958 31 No. 3 p. 18 Ringling-Barnum 1958
"Big Babe"   1958 31 No. 3 p. 19 List of shows
elephant was with
1958 Show   1958 31 No. 4 p. 10 Hagen Bros. 1958
Clicks with Family Show Hall, William III 1958 31 No. 4 p. 16 Hunt Bros. 1958
1958 Show Marcks, Donald 1958 31 No. 4 p. 20 James Bros. 1958
Sid Kellner
Great Boer War Spectacle Rusk, J. Paul 1958 31 No. 4 p. 22 1905
Equipment   1958 31 No. 4 p. 24 Al G. Kelly and
Miller Bros, 1958
Review Marcks, Donald 1958 31 No. 4 p. 27 Rudy Bros. 1958
Ringling Bows in
Open-Air Version
Hall, William III 1958 31 No. 4 p. 28 Ringling-Barnum
Apollonicons Chindahl, George 1958 31 No. 4 p. 30 Apollonicons (organ)
1958 Summer Pepke, Pete 1958 31 No. 4 p. 33 Von Bros. 1958
1904 Show Taber, Bob 1958 31 No. 4 p. 34 Floto, 1904
To Reveive Important
Additions to Museum
  1958 31 No. 4 p. 35 Museum Ringling 1958
Review Marcks, Donald 1958 31 No. 4 p. 36 John Strong 1958
From Programmer to
General Agent of RBBB
Harvey, R.M. 1958 31 No. 4 p. 37 F. A. Boudinot
"Babe," agent
1958 Story   1958 31 No. 4 p. 38 Beers-Barnes 1958
1958 Show   1958 31 No. 4 p. 38 Carson & Barnes 1958
Rules for Employees
(In Cars, Dining Tent,
To Acts)
  1958 31 No. 4 p. 39 Hagenbeck-Wallace,
Rules of the Circus
49ers for canvas   1958 31 No. 4 p. 40 Ringling-Barnum,
"49'ers"
Review Conley, Dr. H.H. 1958 31 No. 5 p. 3 Circus Europa,
Denmark (Copenhagen)
Circus Acts
at Eastern Fairs
Pepke, Pete 1958 31 No. 5 p. 6 1958
Show in Colorado Taber, Bob 1958 31 No. 5 p. 8 Dan Castello's
Great Show, 1869
Interesting Circus
put on by Eight People
Hausmann, Ted 1958 31 No. 5 p. 9 Beers-Barnes 1958
Show in 1889 Taber, Bob 1958 31 No. 5 p. 9 Walter L. Main 1889
History of BB,
Ringling Bros,
and RBBB in Topeka, Ka
King, Orin C. 1958 31 No. 5 p. 10 Barnum & Bailey, Ringling Bros.,
Ringling-Barnum
1958 Show (Their
Strongest Show Yet)
19th Year
Hall, William III 1958 31 No. 5 p. 14 Mills Bros. 1958
1958 Show Marcks, Donald 1958 31 No. 5 p. 16 Weber Bros. 1958
Sarasoto Quarters Closed
(Fabulous Era Ends)
White, L. Mitchell 1958 31 No. 5 p. 21 Ringling-Barnum 1958
Season 1931
(Check Book "Gus the Great")
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1958 31 No. 6 p. 3 Robbins Bros.,
Fred Buchanan
Pathway to the Stars White, L. Mitchell 1958 31 No. 6 p. 11 Tight Wire
(a Canestrelli),
1958, LaTosca
1934 Season (Notes) Bradbury, Joseph T. 1958 31 No. 6 p. 13 Hagenbeck-Wallace 1934
Deserted Circus Site
Sad Place
Plowden, Gene 1958 31 No. 6 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum,
Winter Quarters 1958
Rain Washes Out
Ringling Performance
  1958 31 No. 6 p. 16 Ringling-Barnum 1958
(A Day at the Circus)
Review
Harting, J.Mark 1958 31 No. 6 p. 17 Ringling-Barnum 1958
Married Under Beatty
Big Top (Correll)
Sadler, W.A. 1958 31 No. 6 p. 19 Clown Married, 1958,
Ernie Burch
1958 Show   1958 31 No. 6 p. 21 Adams Bros. 1958
1958 Show
(Philidelphia)
Hall, William III 1958 31 No. 6 p. 24 Polack Bros. 1958
Tour of 1897 (staff)
From Route Book
  1958 31 No. 6 p. 40 Barnum & Bailey 1897
Hard Top or
Big Top (RR Cost)
Smith, Everett 1958 31 No. 6 p. 46 Ringling-Barnum 1958
Train Wreck in
Durand (1903)
Giampertroni, Lou 1958 31 No. 6 p. 49 Great Wallace Bros.
Train Wreck, 1903

1959

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
They Trust in God
Not Luck
White, L. Mitchell 1959 32 No. 1 p. 3 High Wire, Wallendas
European Circuses
Displaying Strong
Performances
Edwards, Justus 1959 32 No. 1 p. 5 1959
Circus Festival
(A Russian Film)
Marcks, Donald 1959 32 No. 1 p. 13 Movie "Circus Festival"
Russian, 1957
Visit to Memphis Zoo
(They Bought RBBB's Animals)
Reynolds, Richard III 1959 32 No. 1 p. 14 Ringling-Barnum,
Pigmy Hippo, Black Rhino,
1959, Betty Lou" & "Lil"
Tragedy (Poster in Building)
Excaped Tiger killed Girl
  1959 32 No. 1 p. 18 Sells-Floto, 1907
America's First
Male Elephant
Marcks, Donald 1959 32 No. 1 p.19 "Columbus" 1851
Steam Calliope Saves Old
River Boat, Delta Queen
Lawless, Tom 1959 32 No. 1 p. 20  
Circus Wagon "America"
Nears the End of the Trail
Carpenter, Wm. 1959 32 No. 1 p. 21 Wagon History
New Performers/Program
(At the Olympia, London)
  1959 32 No. 1 p. 22 Mills Circus,
England, 1959
Arzetta Wideman   1959 32 No. 2 p. 2 Death, wife of
Ed Wideman, elephants
Big One Debuts in New York
Garden with Mid-Season Form
Montague, Bill 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 3, 5-6 Ringling-Barnum 1959
Ring Bros. Circus
Plays Oakland
Marcks, Donald 1959 32 No. 2 p. 6 1959
Beatty Scores Again
in Palisades Opener
Flaherty, Will A. 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 7-8 Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.
Have Gun . . . Will Travel Hall, John R 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 9-11 Cannon act,
Zacchinis
Falls by Alzana
Aren't All Fakes
Wister, Emery 1959 32 No. 2 p. 11 High Wire, 1959,
Harold Alzana
Big Top is
Pat Valdo's Life
York, John 1959 32 No. 2 p. 13 Ringling-Barnum 1959
Joe Siegrist
Covers Nightbeat
Ahlberg, Wally 1959 32 No. 2 p 13, 22 Performer
Harold Bros. Opened
Season at Lansing, Michigan
Haussman, Carl 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 14-15 1959
S. L. Cronin
Was a Circus Collector
Taber, Bob 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 16-17 Manager, died 1959
World Toured Circus
Cole Bros.
Taber, Bob 1959 32 No. 2 p. 18 1917, J. Augustus Jones
Circus Paper Brislin, Joseph A. 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 19, 23 Ads
Member James Waynick
Attends First Show of
1959 Big One
  1959 32 No. 2 p. 20 Ringling-Barnum 1959
Fay Alexander of
the Flying Alexanders
Carpenter, Dick 1959 32 No. 2 pp. 21, 23  
Leona May Wixom   1959 32 No. 2 p. 23 Death 1959
calliope player
Hope to Keep Sarasota
the Circus City
White, L. Mitchell 1959 32 No. 3 p. 2 Winter Quarters
Heyday of the Circus
in Chicago
Parkinson, Bob 1959 32 No. 3 pp. 3, 6-7 History
Mills Bros. 20th
Annual Opening . . .
Boyle, John W. 1959 32 No. 3 pp. 9-10 1959
Christiani Bros. Bolsters
Current Big League Status
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 3 pp. 11-12 1959
Fred Leonard   1959 32 No. 3 p. 14 Death 1959
horse trainer
Hunt Bros. Presenting
One of Strongest Shows
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 3 p. 15 1959
Emmett W. Sims   1959 32 No. 3 p. 15 Death 1959
circus publicity
Top Performers Lead
Hamid-Morton Circus
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 3 pp. 17-18 1959
Joe Cook   1959 32 No. 3 p. 18 Death 1959, clown
Hubert Castle Show at
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Rudolph, Jack 1959 32 No. 3 p. 19 Hubert Castle International
Rowe Tent Visits the
Big John Strong Circus
  1959 32 No. 3 p. 19 1959 show
With the Greatest of Ease   1959 32 No. 3 pp. 23-24 Walter Patterson, trapeze
Sideshow, Animals with RBBB in NYC Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 3 p. 24 Ringling-Barnum 1959
Circus Man Bert Pettus
Runs Strates' Menagerie
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 3 p. 26 Animal trainer
Do You Know That? Taber, Bob 1959 32 No. 3 p. 28 Circus, performers news
Largest Crowd in History
of Baraboo Attended Opening
of Circus Museum
  1959 32 No. 4 pp. 3-4 Museum CWM, 1959
Nerveless Nocks Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 4 pp. 5, 7-8 Sway pole performers
family history
Married Between Shows   1959 32 No. 4 p. 8 Patricia Solomon
Gaylord Visingard
3-Hour Long Czech Circus
Big Show Worth Seeing
Richie, Donald 1959 32 No. 4 p. 14 Show 1959
Los Angeles Resident Finds
Rare Old Circus Poster
  1959 32 No. 4 p. 15 Ringling Bros. &
Van Ambrugh 1889
Last Loading Order for
Big Show with
Instructions to Train Crews
  1959 32 No. 4 pp. 16-18 Ringling-Barnum
Spunky Aerialist Surmounts
Former Injuries, Accidents
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 4 pp. 19-20 Hilda Alzana, Alzanas
Blondin   1959 32 No. 4 p. 20 Wire walker 1859,
Niagara Falls
1959 Show   1959 32 No. 5 p.19 Mills Bros., 1959
Eva Clark   1959 32 No. 5 p. 20 Murder, 1906
New King Bros. Circus
Scores Under Christiani's
Leadership
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 5 pp. 22-23 1959 show
Samaritans, as
They Journeyed
  1959 32 No. 5 p. 28 Hagenbeck-Wallace,
Depression kindness 1935
New West Coast Show Marcks, Don 1959 32 No. 5 p. 30 Wonder Bros. Circus 1959
Veteran Showman Wins
Legal Fight for $42,805
  1959 32 No. 5 p. 30 T. A. Smith 1916
Buffalo Bill-Pawnee Bill

The three articles below are not in the Vol. 32, No. 5, 1959 issue.

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Performance
(Swede Johnson & Lions)
Marcks, Donald 1959 32 No. 5 p. 30 Paul A. Miller Wild
Animal Circus, 1959
English Tenting
Circuses of 1959
Niblett, Jack 1959 32 No. 5 p. 41  
About Aunt Mollie
and Circus Lots
Tolbert, Frank X 1959 32 No. 5 p. 47 Mollie Bailey Circus

1959 continued

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
G. B. Dog and Pony Shows Parkinson, Tom 1959 32 No. 6 p. 3 Gentry Bros.
Baraboo To Be Home
of Last Circus Train
Leonard, Richard 1959 32 No. 6 p. 8 Ringling-Barnum 1959
He Competes With Santa White, L. Mitchell 1959 32 No. 6 p. 10 Otto Griebling, clown
Queen of the Air" Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 6 p. 11 Pinito Del Oro, trapeze
1959 Show Poarch, Wilson 1959 32 No. 6 p. 12 Polack Bros. 1959
Bale Rejoins RBBB as
Equestrian Director
Hall, Bill 1959 32 No. 6 p. 20 Ringling-Barnum,
Trevor Bale 1959

1960

Title Author Year Vol. No. Page Note
Youthful Seita-Mendez Duo
Attains High Wire Stardom
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 1 pp. 3, 5  
Circus Hall Gets
John Ringling's Rolls Royce
  1960 33 No. 1 p. 5 Circus Hall of Fame
Burr Robbins Circuses Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 1 p. 6 History
Felix Adler
(and tributes)
  1960 33 No. 1 p. 9 Clown, death 1960
How Different is the
Circus in Europe?
Temple, William 1960 33 No. 1 pp. 11-12 1960
Bill Green   1960 33 No. 1 p. 15 Death, 1960, press agent
Cook & Whitby
Colossal English Circus
Cotter, James K. 1960 33 No. 2 p. 2 1892
90the Edition of the
Big Show Reported as
One of the Best
Cotter, James K. 1960 33 No. 2 pp. 3, 5-6 Ringling-Barnum 1960
Cristiani Bros. Circus,
1960 Season
Bradbury, Joseph T. 1960 33 No. 2 pp. 7-10  
Cats + Breaks + Talent =
Success for Animal Trainer
Pat Anthony
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 2 pp. 11-13  
Ring Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 2 p. 13 1960 show
Hamid-Morton Features
New Edition for 1960
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 2 p. 14  
(Kelly-Miller   1960 33 No. 2 p. 15 Photographs, 1960
"Chappie" Fox to Direct
Circus Museum in 1960
  1960 33 No. 2 p. 16  
Hertzberg Collection
Praised
Morris, George 1960 33 No. 2 p. 19 Hertzberg Museum 1960
Dwight Pepple Dies
at Age of 84
Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 2 p. 22 General agent
Unusual Rites for Tilly
of the Circus
Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 2 p. 22 Elephant's death
Orick Buries an Elephant Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 2 p. 23 Elephant "Diamond" 1927
Al G. Barnes Circus Wreck Rogers, Stan 1960 33 No. 2 p. 24 1930
Elephant Hotel and Monument Warner, Fred 1960 33 No. 2 pp. 26-27 1825, Hackaliah Bailey
Circus World Museum
Acquires Ringling Bill Car
Fox, C. P. 1960 33 No. 2 p. 26 1960
Recall Boyhood Iowa Days
of Felix Adler
Van Dyke, Laurie 1960 33 No. 2 p. 27 Clown
Elections to
Circus Hall of Fame
  1960 33 No. 2 p. 28 Barnum, Rice, J. A.Bailey
Bradna, W. W.Coup, 1960
Immensity Everywhere Marks
Beatty-Cole Effort for 1960
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 3 pp. 9-10 Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros.
New Tent, Cuneo's Animals
Wazzan's Sparkle in
Hunt Bros. . . .
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 3 pp. 15-17 Hunt Bros. 1960
James Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 3 p. 17 1960, Sid Kellner
Famous Barnes Circus Unit Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 3 p. 18 1960
Ken Jensen Circus Stegen, Joe W. 1960 33 No. 3 p. 19 Program 1960
Kaye Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 3 p. 22 Al Kayda, 1960
Robbins Bros. Circus Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 3 p. 22 1927, Fred Buchanan
Mills Bros. Circus . . . Cotter, James 1960 33 No. 4 pp. 5-6 1960
John Strong Circus
Plays Northern California
Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 4 p. 7 1960
Noah A 'Mere Novice' from
'A' (Ape) to 'Z' (Zebra)
He's Met and Mastered All!
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 4 pp. 9-12 Trevor Bale,
animal trainer
Robert Brothers Circus Niblett, Jack 1960 33 No. 4 pp. 13-14 England
Cristiani Performance
Wholesome, Enjoyable
Hall, Bill 1960 33 No. 4 p. 15 1960
Bob Taber Says   1960 33 No. 4 p. 18 Circus history
Wonder Bros. Circus Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 4 p. 20 1960,
Frank & Janet Burger
Plenty of Circuses
in California
Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 4 pp. 21-22 Kelly-Miller, DeWayne,
Wallace & Clark, Holter's,
Rudy Bros.
Palmer Bros. Big
Three Ring Circus
Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 4 p. 22 1921
Hazel King with
Gainesville Circus
Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 4 p. 24 Rider
Harry Thomas Dies
in K-M Truck Crash
  1960 33 No. 5 p. 15 Equestrian director
Kelly-Miller 1960
Clyde Bros. Presents
Real Show for Shriners
Hohenadel, Walter 1960 33 No. 5 pp. 17-18 1960, Howard Suesz
Ringling's Laundry Car   1960 33 No. 5 p. 18 Circus World Museum
Strates' Menagerie
Lures Circus Fans
  1960 33 No. 5 p. 22 Bert Pettus, animal trainer
Atayde Bros. Circus Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 6 pp. 3, 5 Mexico, 1960
Madden's Circus Marcks, Donald 1960 33 No. 6 p. 6 1960
Member Dr. William Mann of
Washington Zoo Died
at Age of 74
  1960 33 No. 6 pp. 7-8 1960
Packs Shrine Circus . . . Hoppe, Mary K 1960 33 No. 6 p. 8 1960, Tom Packs
Brookfield Zoo Reynolds, Richard J. 1960 33 No. 6 p. 10 1960
Ken Jensen Circus Miller, Dan 1960 33 No. 6 p. 10 1960
Wallace & Clark Circus
1960 Season
Lyon, Doug 1960 33 No. 6 pp. 11-12 Wallace & Clark, 1960
Duke of Paducah Circus Cooper, Ottis 1960 33 No. 6 p. 14 1960
Joe P. Siegrist Cooper, Ottis 1960 33 No. 6 p. 15 Death, 1960
acrobat, aerialist
Ogden Shrine Circus Stegen, Joe W. 1960 33 No. 6 p. 16 Polack Bros. 1960
Flot Runs Amuck   1960 33 No. 6 p. 16 Sells-Floto 1921,
elephant "Floto"
Barnum Museum Chariott, E. J. 1960 33 No. 6 p. 18 1960
Circus Backstage Michalove, Paula 1960 33 No. 6 p. 19 Ringling-Barnum 1960
Bob Taber Says Taber, Bob 1960 33 No. 6 p. 20 Cole Bros. World Toured
Shows Route 1917
Dates of the Circuses
in Albert Lea, Minn.
Speltz, Arthur 1960 33 No. 6 p. 20 List 1926-1958
Paul Jerome   1960 33 No. 6 p. 32 Death 1960,
Paul Jerome James, clown
(Chief Red Cloud)   1960 33 No. 6 p. 42 Performer
Why the "Big One" Clicks White, L. Mitchell 1960 33 No. 6 pp. 43-44 Performance director,
Bob Dover
James Christy Circus Green, Bill 1960 33 No. 6 p. 45 1960 show
Polack in Retrospect:
Circus of Policy and Promise
Hammerstrom, David 1960 33 No. 6 pp. 46-48, 50 Polack Bros.
1960 & history
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