Circus Advance Personnel - 1900

Pawnee Bill's Wild West General agent, W. E. Ferguson; Contracting agent, J. H. Rice; Assistant contracting agest, D. W. Mayon; Manager, No. 1 car, Thos. R. Perry; Press Representative in advance, T. L. Nicodemus; Press Representive with show, Frank Frost; Manager of Box Brigade, Elmer Hultzer; Route riders, Harry Upham and John Brice.

G. W. Hall's Circus and Menagerie G. W. Hall, proprietor; General agent, E. O. Ferguson; Bill posters: D. Maloney, Ira Wierman, Fred. Knoll; Programer and lithographer, Fred. Champion.

Elton Bros. 20c Shows Wagon No. 1: H. O. Cunningham, agent; Callen, bill poster; Moore, lithographer. Wagon No. 2: Joe McCleary and Chas. Mitchell, bill posters, programmers and heralds.

Reno's Oriental Shows Contracting agent, W. H. Alvord; Lithographer, King Solman; Bill posters: Chas. Arnold, "Swipes" Cone, "Smiler" Towne.

Bonheur Bros. Contracting agent, A. G. Bonheur; Bill posters and programmers: J. A. Caanan, Marvin Melrose, James Lester.

McCormick's Great Silver-Plate Shows Railroad contracting agent, F. E. Hadley; Advance car No. 1: W. B. McCormick in charge; assistants: Jne Wart, Dave Ward, Jim Buscher, Albert Belcher, Joseph Ward, Alex. Meige, Alex. Burton; Advance car No. 2: W. B. Meniffe in charge; assistants: Jim Coal, Harry Wells, Ed. Patchell, Harry Wartz, Harry Charles, Perry Smith; Programers and lithographers Car No. 1: Harry Sells, Frank Welsch, Edward Oakery, Howard Eddes; Programmers Car No. 2: Frank Spence, John Sheets, Harry Haven.

Col. Pete Conklin's Big Shows General agent, Floyd C. Fox; Press agent, H. W. Fox; Programmer, Percy Jenkins; Bill posters: Charley Cox, Willie Morton.

Cullins Bros. Press agent, D. G. Jarvis; Boss bill posters: C. Murphey, Joe Dawson, Earl Sage; Lithographer, Roy Colburn; Programmer, J. Heagerman.

Pan-Continental Amusement Co., Olean, N.Y. General railroad contracting agent, J. Allen Darnaby. Car No. 1: in charge of paper, Wm. Kirsch; Programmers J. E. Diffenbaugh and Frank Stocksdale; Lithographers Louis Chesner and Homer Bradley; Advertising solicitor, Herbert H. Black. Car No. 2: Agent Philip Harris; in charge of paper, Michael Tobias; Programmers, Ed. White and Billy Marks.

Whitney's Acrobatic and Specialty Company General agent, E. S. Murphy; Contracting agent, J. F. Whitney; in charge of advance brigade No. 1, L. P. Whitney; Lithographer, W. Walbourne; Bill posters: Jas. Hardy, Fred. James and Will Dugan; in charge of advance brigade No. 2, J. F. Whitney; bill posters Art Johnson and Billy Sutton.

Keystone Shows Agent Keller Iseminger; bill posters Jos. Murray and Harry Blum.

F. J. Taylor's Shows General contracting agent, J. A. Park; Press agent, A. D. Funk; in charge of advance, A. D. Funk; Programmer, C. Lecey; bill posters: Thos. Acton, P. A. Howard, Will Myers, J. Hurly. Correction: H. D. Parks, contracting agent; Thomas Alton, press agent and advance manager; H. W. Turk, lithographer; Otto Windell, programmer; H. H. Graham, boss bill poster; bill posters: D. S. Perry, Jerry Moore, Bud Smith, A. L. Hoover, Henry Campbell, Sig. Benson; hostlers with Nos. 1 and 2, Clarence Downey and Charlie Dunn.

Lou?? Crescent Shows General agent, Thos. Ewers; Programmer, Ed. White; Lithographer, G. L. Gage; bill posters W. H. Parker and H. A. Little.

Fred Locke's Show Contractor, E. A. Hill; Press agent, A. O. Landiss; Programmer, C. Jones; Boss bill poster, Murphy Sanirson.

Ed. F. Davis' Big 10-20c Show Proprietor and manager, E. F. Davis; General agent, DeForest Davis; Equestrian director, Sam McFlinn; Band master, Banks Baird; Master of canvas, Chas. Watson; Master of horse, Dr. Fowler.

Walter J. McDonald's Shows General agent, Harry Bundy; bill posters: Wm. Bundy, Fred. Jones, Spot Sickles, Frank Cann, Joe Harris; Publisher official programs, Chas. G. Johnson; Lithographer, Frank Searls; Programmer, E. G. Templin.

Great Wallace Circus W. E. Franklin, general agent; E. M. Burke, railroad contractor; R. M. Harvey and D. F. Lynch, contractors; A. W. McPhail, special agent; W. R. Musgat, agent No. 1 advance car; R. P. Janette, agent No. 2 advance car; Frank Purcell, agent brigade No. 1; Harry Middleton, agent brigade No. 2; W. W. Parmalee, program contractor.

John T. Backman's Show Advertising department. Will Z. Smith, agent; Frank Cook and F. R. Blose, bill posters; Chris. Mayer, programer; Ray Pickrell, press agent.

Sun Bros. Shows Advance staff. Pete Sun, manager; Albert Moore in charge of No. 1 wagon; Walter Epperson, No. 2 wagon; C. I [L?] Smitt, No. 3 wagon; Fred. Baver, lithographer.

Dixon, Bowers & Dixon Big Shows Fred Darling, general contractor and advance representative.

Harrington's Combined Shows Wm. Harrington, advance.

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