Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Route Book, 1947

From: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc. Route Book for 1947. Sarasota, FL: F. B. Kelley, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1947. Program, staff & performers. See Routes for 1947 route. Not included here are the photographs. Permission to place the information from this route book on the Circus Historical Society website has been provided by Feld Entertainment, Inc.™, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey™. Circus World Museum's Parkinson Library provided the photocopy of this route book. All information should be checked with additional sources. There will be spelling and typographical errors.

Ringling Bros. - Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc.

James A. Haley, President
John Ringling North, Executive Vice-President
Robert Ringling, First Vice-President
Mrs. Charles Ringling, Second Vice-President
Aubrey B. Haley, Secretary
J. R. Griffin, Treasurer

Directors

James A. Haley John Ringling North Robert Ringling Mrs. Charles Ringling

Aubrey B. Haley George D. Woods Cyril Coleman

Executive Staff

George W. Smith, General Manager Edward F. Kelly, Assistant Mgr. Lloyd Morgan, Lot Superintendent Fred C. DeWolfe, Treasurer with Show Herbert Duval, Legal Adjuster Terence P. O'Rourke, Assistant to Mr. DuVal

Arthur R. Hopper, General Agent J. C. Thomas, Traffic Manager F. Beverly Kelley, Publicity Director Pat Valdo, Director of Perfomance May T. Howe, Secretary to the President Verena Lawrence, Secretary to the Dir. of Performance

Personnel Traffic and Outdoor Advertising Dept.

Arthur R. Hopper, General Agent
F. A. Boudinot, Assistant General Agent
J. C. Thomas, Traffic Manager
Susan Staton, Secretary to General Agent and Traffic Manger

Contracting Agents

William J. Conway, Al Butler, Leon Pickett

Advertising Car Number One

Frank Mahery, Manager G. Paul Hale, Boss Billposter James Kennedy, Boss Lithographer George Belknap Joseph Bernstein J. H. Carlino Walter Clark

Wm. L. Dowd Herbert Goerke Frank Grove C. L. Heggerness Edwin Jackson George Kelly Arnold Muller

Joseph Nolan George Orth Arthur Outten E. H. Riche William Schmitt Charles Smith Roscoe Stevens

Advertising Car Number Two

Clyde Carlton, Manager Wm. F. Albers, Boss Billposter C. F. Biggs, Boss Lithographer Mack F. Adams

S. I. Boudinot Paul Campion S. J. Clauson Harold Barrows

Thomas Connor Frank Geiser J. R. Ramsey

Advertising Car Number Three

L. S. Conarroe, Manager R. M. Burns, Banner Squarer Jack Adams, Boss Bannerman

Benford Garrison Stephen Kachman Samuel Oken

R. O. Speed Leonard Zaruba

Special Agent: Fred G. Barker

Advertising Inspectors: E. J. Caupert, LaRue Deitz

Banner Puller: Joseph Brown

Press and Radio Department

F. Beverly Kelley, Director

Allen J. Lester Frank Morrissey

Bernie Head (Deceased) Sam Stratton

Frank Braden Wm. Fields (N.Y.C. only)

C. Foster Bell, Contracting Press Agent
Edwin B. Callahan, Show Photographer
Edward H. Howe, Special Trainee for General Advance Work under Veterans' Vocational Training Program

24-Hour Men: William L. Carr, C. H. Shepherd, Harry (Bottles) Vernotzy

Ice: James (Scotty) Horsburgh

Medical Department: Dr. Robert P. Harris John Harris, First Aid

Utility Man: William Reynolds

Timekeepers: Joe Dunn, William H. Webster

Chief of Police: John H. Brice

Mail Agent: Alexander Neuburger

Big Show Announcer: Arthur L. Springer

Employment Agent: Arthur M. Eldridge

Chauffeurs: Harold Nicholson, Frank Vinckx, Howard Gilson

Commissary: Philip A. Langford, Joseph Sparpana

Ticket Wagons

Red Wagon: Theo Forstall, John F. Seawell, Udo Kurka
White Wagon: Matthew McGowan, Alva Johnson, Harry Minor
Yellow Wagon: Wm. Rhu McKitrick, B. Thomas Egan

Front Door

F. A. Von Rosenberg, Superintendent James Tex Copeland, Assistant Frank Attardi William E. Downing

Robert Blackburn Mitchell Mallette William A. Blackmore

John Hatrick Thomas O'Hare Eugene Lynch

Ticket Department

Raymond A. Marlowe, Superintendent Joseph Bainbridge Richard Beguin

Bernard F. Friel Wm. Joseph McAleer Thomas Reale

Wm. Sweeney John White

Downtown Ticket Agents: Michael Gradis, Richard R. Iannone

Tax Boxes: Hugh Hart Breithaupt, Richard Miller

Performers

Big Show Band

Merle Evans, Conductor

Max C. Ring, Flute and Piccolo Philip Garkow, Cornet George N. Gilbert, Cornet Albert J. Hiltensmith, Cornet Donald Schneider, Cornet Frank Sering, Cornet Karl C. Wahrminul, Cornet William E. Sten, Calliope Nicholas R. Altroth, Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone Antonio J. Ramirez, Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone John W. Shideler, Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone Lewis D. Bader, Trombone Alton Glenn Evans, Trombone

Andrew Grainger, Trombone Victor R. Serbe, Sr., Trombone Reuben C. Evans, Bass Joyce Clyde Kronk, Bass William Ray Floyd, Drums Rollin E. Sherbondy, Drums Fred Dini, Clarinet Paul S. Davis, French Horns George M. Toney, French Horns Clarence L. Bennett, Baritone John Horak, Baritone Carl A. Erikson, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone George Oliva, Clarinet and Alto Saxophone

Side Show

Fred Smythe, Manager
Bobby Hasson, Assistant
Ticket Sellers: Bobby Hasson, Eldon W. Adams, Harley Rogers, Ellsworth W. Somers
Ticket Takers: Robert Shelley, Janis Lucis
Inside Lecturers: Don C. MacIvor, Lari Dean
Supt. of Sound Projection: Robert Lee Brazil

Attractions

Freda Pushnik, Armless and Legless Girl Mr. and Mrs. Fischer, Giant and Giantess Rasmus Neilsen, Tattooed Strong Man Koriana, Snake Trainer Alex Linton, Champion Sword Swallower Mossa Kutty Singlee, Fire Proof Man Jubilee Minstrels, Premier Blackface Performers Tiny Town, World's Smallest People Musical Harold, Wizard of Musical Glasses

Naeole's Hawaiians, South Seas Entertainers Joseph Nawrath, Musical Midget Rollie Saker, Anaatomical Wonder Charles Roark, Master Magician Betty Broadbent, Tattooed Lady Sid Kroft, Puppet Theatre Neal Johnson, Bag Puncher Professor Charles, London Punch and Judy

Tinytown Midgets

Harry Doll, Daisy Doll, Gracie Doll, Tiny Doll

Naeole's Hawaiians

David Naeole, Jr., Manager and Director
Jerry Racimo, Steel Guitar
Stanley R. Belmonte, Mando-Guitar
Johnny A. Condez, Spanish Guitar

Dancers

Alola J. Naeole Erma G. Pushnik

Piilani M. Spencer Bonnie J. Dunnett

Josephine Helbing Kahala Mclntire

Arthur A. Wright's Band and Minstrels

Arthur A. Wright, Director & Trumpet William Matthews, 1st Clarinet & Sax Johnny Brown, 2nd Clarinet & Sax Harry K. Franklin, Solo Trumpet Clarence Williams, Solo Trumpet Isaac T. Demby, 1st Trumpet M. O. Russell, 1st Melophtone & Sax William E. Fields, 2nd Melophone & Sax

Harvey Lankford, 1st Trombone Wm. Bo Mills, 2nd Trombone Wm. Billy Thomas, Euphonium Harrison R. Hall, Tuba Andrew Gibbs, Trap Drummer Eddie Roberts, Trap Drummer Donald Tucker, Bass Drummer

Colored Minstrels

Dusty Cunningham, Comedian Slim Russell, Comedian Charles Brooks, Dancer Wilson Danials, Dancer

Herman Higgs, Singer & Master of Ceremonies George Williams, Dancer Leo C. Boatner, Dancer & Comedian

Tent Manufacturing Department, Sarasota, Florida

Leif Osmundsen, Superintendent
Osmond Osmondson, Foreman

Sail Makers: John D. Auldridge, William Blanchard, Frank Wright

Machine Operators: Anna M. Miller, Corene M. McElreath, Rosa Osmondson, Eva Harris

Sanitary Department

Robert J. Stift, Superintendent Robert M. Stift

James Crosby James McAfee

James White George Parks

Menagerie Department

John Sabo, Superintendent
Joseph Costa, Assistant

Harry O. Albert Roy Bates Leonard S. Cammarata William A. Haynes Lavern Keim

Luke A. Mead John Nematz John B. Pelkey Frank C. Setting Roland Shaw

Charles J. Tanner Roy Weaver Fred Wells Bernard J. Zalonis

Animal Act: George Didrickson, Viggo M. Knudsen, Ralph Perpinan

Cook House Department

George J. Blood, Superintendent
Assistants: Frank Bowen, Albert T. Welch, Archie Blood
Joseph H. Lenz, Butcher

Raymond T. Austin John Barnes John Belford Charles A. Brant Raymond Brown Lawrence Camper Matthew J. Carroll Charles H. Cox Guy O. Crawford Frank Curtis Chester Damon Anthony DeChiara Francis M. Dillon Joseph W. Doucette Paul E. Epley Raymond Fecher Eugene Fields Albert Fissette William H. Gardner Irelious Gibson

John Grabowski David Green Paul Green Louis Hicks Gotlieb Horning Willie J. James Sidney D. Janosky Harry D. Kauffman Walter Kloss Joseph L. Lloyd Floyd E. Lyons Frank McCloud Russell H. McCloud Herbert S. McGee Perry McKinley Irving B. Maxwell Herman Mettauer Robert J. Miller William J. Motzer Fred T. Potter

Jack B. Richey Elmer L. Roehrig Burt Rogers Arleigh F. Ross Alexander W. Scott Raymond W. Seal Hoke Sharpe James L. Shirk Raymond B. Simpson Milton C. Stahl William Thurston Frank Trask John R. Wagoner William H. Walters Amos Williams Clifton Williams John Wilson Elliott Wiltrout Nathan Young

Elephant Department

Richard T. Shipley, Superintendent
Assistants: Vernon L. Duffy, Richard Durant, Fred C. Logan, Alfred Vidble

Clyde H. Baudendistel William Bennett Lyle Cuthbert Danny E. Dewey Fred J. DiFilippo William Flenner William Foster

Fred J. Garvey William E. Gibson Joseph L. Grassi Joseph H. Gutierrez Earl Hammer Franklin J. Haynes Joe R. Henry

William L. Hinze James McFarland Fred C. Monroe John D. Noble William P. O'Keefe John W. O'Neal

Gorilla Cage: Jose Tomas, Superintendent. Joseph A. Mederios, Henry M. Lee

Watchmen: Frank Burgett, Lewis Cook, Clarence E. Guffey

Personnel Buses: Luther H. Davis, Thomas Cropper

Mechanical Department

William Yesker, Master Mechanic Charles D. Noecker, Assistant Charles R. Checkley

Charles R. Clark Ralph M. Hart William L. Heintz

Carl J. McGee Emil R. Rhodes

Light Department

Edward R. Versteed, Superintendent
Assistants: Robert H. Wilson, Paul Danowsky, John E. Johnson, Frank J. Karcouski
Lawrence Crandall, Sound

Frank J. Aguilera John Allsman Henry Carberry Robert Catt Dalton H. Erickson Maynard B. Gifford John W. Hall Del Henderson

Oscar A. Korah Claude N. Lawson Arthur E. Lee Clarence W. May Charles E. Muse Michael Pavlick Keith L. Pratt James Reynolds

George W. Shuler Norman Smith Furman L. Stevens Allen J. Stevenson George Takacs, Jr. Frank Weber John J. Welsh Oliver A. Wescott

Porters

Richard Burns, Superintendent
Assistants: William Turner, Earl Arseneau

William E. Bailey Harry L. Baker Horton Banks Edythe Bowen Lee A. Brown John J. Burke Roy Coston George W. Grossman Joseph P. Danyi Richard M. Donker DeWitt Evans Sam Fox Ethel Gadsden

Edward Grodivant Kenneth G. Gwinnell Clint W. Hall John B. Hall Charles Hoskins William H. Howard William H. Humphrey Alonzo G. Hurton Karl Krapf Donald J. Lee Walter Lee Benjamin F. Lowe

Alexander K. McCall Horace J. McDonald Robert R. Nordon Minor Oldham Robert G. Paul Thomas Payne William D. Pippy Frank Redmond John P. Smith Eugene Thompson Robert Washington Frederick W. Weir

Private Car Porters

Rene Fuss, Chef Charles Mangold, Butler Ervin Moore

Ada Hicks Rachel Cobb

Clara Franklin Frank J. Franklin

Big Top Maid: Hester Wilson

Ring Stock Department

Harrison E. Johnson, Superintendent

J. Y. Henderson, Veterinary Frank Selock, Assistant Harry Smith, Horse Shoer

Lowell Brideson, Assistant George Warner, Harness Maker Holly Robertson, Gilly Wagon

George A. Beyer, Jr. Clarence Brooks Martin F. Brophy Charles L. Brown George C. Davis Raymond E. DeWeese Walter J. Donnelly Jean Estecahandy Charles Faulkner Vincent J. Flynn Harry Fowler Richard G. Gooch Wallace O. Hill Gosta A. Johansson

William Joy Willie C. Karr George Kelz Richard Kissel Thomas K. Lynn Bradford McCarthy Owen McQuade James E. Meager John Miller Plummer S. Mortimer Frank Pauley Peter Peterson Arthur M. Peterson Angelo Polas

Frank Purcell Harold Rehrig Roy H. Rehrig Roy M. Schultz James Scully Thomas W. Simpson Peter P. St. Austin Oliver Thiemer Donald Thursby Wallace Till Chester VanOrden William Warnecke Frank Warner Leo L. Willsey

Property Department

Frank F. McCloskey, Superintendent
Assistants: John M. Trimaj, David W. Blanchfield, James C. Bradley, Mike M. Petrello

Raymond W. Adams Frank Angelo Gordon Baker Thomas R. Bortwick Edward S. Bushey Earl T. Conners Vern J. Eldridge James E. Elmore James E. Gautreaux Wesley Goss James Gray Raymond E. Harkins

James H. Headrick Arthur N. Hill, Jr. Charles H. Jorden Earnest Lee Helmer E. Lindh Alexander D. McDonnell William G. McGuire Edward McKenna Edward D. Nelson, Jr. John J. O'Meara Sam T. Pappalardo

Joseph M. Powell Dewey R. Roberson Edward J. Roy William J. Schevey Weldon E. Shay Richard G. Skiles Stanley Tomchak James E. Tufts George Yelenchik Henry Zechner Mike Zobowa

Side Show Canvas Department

George Escalara, Superintendent
Assistants: Joseph M. Lynch, Anderson R. Epps

William J. Booth Joseph Cominskey Herbert H. Dawson Alvis E. Goff

Peter Karvalis Lawrence Morris Alex W. Novak Richard P. Porter

Millard Ford Smott LeRoy Spellman James H. Walker Bert H. Wilson

Train Department

Ray Milton, Superintendent
Assistants: Fred Baker, William M. Clark

James Allen Minor C. Beam Claude M. Beck Edward C. Cochrane Helmuth L. Dickau Hugh E. Duffey Thomas A. Fitzpatrick James B. Franklin John C. Gallagher Kenneth Genious Mason R. Harris

Henry W. Haskins James J. Hughes Stanford J. Hunter James F. Ingalls James T. Joyce William J. Kleint Pete Luken Harry Marino Bennie D. Mathis George Mays John K. O'Bryant

Buford Polk Thomas Ramirez Charles Richards Harry Richhart Albert E. Squires Robert S. Stringer Eugene L. Sullivan William E. Walker James R. Weaver Emmet Welch Charlie Willett

Train Electricians

Joseph Nash, Superintendent.
Clare L. Fowler, James H. Lewis, George T. Hill, William E. Winslow

Truck Department

Stanley Wacht, Superintendent
Assistants: Daniel Gill, Hubert Thompson

Jesse L. Benn Gilbert R. Bittinger Willie H. Burnum David C. Caldwell Matthew Chicotella Francis D. Cosgrove Edward E. Curry Elmo Dallas George Davis Fred Devine James R. Dixon Ivan C. Dodge James R. Driggers Anthony J. Federson Alonzo E. Grimes John A. Hannaford Arthur D. Jablonski

Arthur C. Janke Harry Kline Francis X. Lynch Arthur H. McCormick John S. McDonald Frank C. Merrill Raymond A. Merritt John L. Merryweather George Norris Carlos G. Ogle Frank W. Olds Daniel J. Parker Ira F. Parker William R. Patterson William R. Peters Samuel G. Phillips Joseph J. Prouse

Stephen Rhinesmith Edward D. Rice Fred J. Sajec Alvin L. Sandlhauser James T. Sapp Harry Sarathian William R. Sarber Walter Sekonda Clifford R. Smith Charles E. Spurlock Eddie Stewart Harry Stone, Jr. Alexander Thomas Eddie Tulppo John S. Wallman Joseph G. Yates

Usher Department

John M. Carson, Superintendent
Assistants: Michael D'Addario, Stephen J. Kaner, Julius Gerlick, Louis E. Runyan

Emil J. Bilodeau Leslie Boston Umberto Castaldo John S. Crane Walter J. Cuthbert Charles Devine Robert E. Dyke John A. Emerick John Heiman John J. Hilferty Virgil Kist

Roy H. Ladd Hughuell W. Lomas Edward T. McAleer John Meciunas Walter E. Mock James J. O'Neill Thomas J. Prentice Woodard O. Royal Joseph A. Sassano Jack M. Scharas

Roland M. Simpson Joseph Sinkers Marvin V. Smith Thomas L. Smith Ralph H. Thomas Robert Thomson Jeptha L. Tuten Donald J. Walsh Gerald Young Frank Zazzara

Wardrobe Department

Joseph J. McCarthy, Superintendent Genevieve P. McCarthy, Assistant Jean P. Carson, Wardrobe Mistress

William J, Whikehart, Tailor Francis E. Joyner, Carpenter Henry Herbert, Sail-Maker

Mary E. Emerick Goldie G. S. Lomas Mazie Minor Ada M. Sabo Anne White Fabel O. Allen Adolph P. Bekawich Harold D. Bisbee Thomas W. Boblitz Hugh Burgoon George Champagne

James A. Cunningham Charles H. Duford John T. Duncan Alfred Galdoni Joseph J. Goslin Jessie W. Gulley Roy D. Haines Joseph D. Higgins John T. Kelley George H. Kramer Joseph W. Land

Nolie S. Matzulis James J. Moriarty Walter Patufka James G. Perry Donald Sanderson Richard Simmons John L. Snavely Stanley C. Thompson Henry D. Thweatt William C. Tibke Arthur Zutell

Canvas Department

Leonard S. Aylesworth. Superintendent
Assistants:

James A. Healy Thomas R, Poplin Joseph T. Conners

Harold I. Smith Walter E. Bingham James R. Carr

John Meek Joseph Stearns

William H. Rose, Carpenter
Fred Summerlin, Welder

Afonzo Anderson George Anderson William Anderson Willie Anderson Earnest Armester Wilbert B. Arrington Henry Barnes Albert A. Benedetto L. C. Bolden Samuel Bonds Edward Bradley James Briggs Tom Brown Corley B. Bryant Paul W. Bullock Eason Bynum William G. Caley Oliver R. Cannon Charlie H. Carter Elahee Casteel Samuel Clark Ralph L. Cleveland Thomas T. Cocorochio Elmore R. Conley William Connelly Charles Copeland Jessie W. Crafton Gus Cron Edward Cross Caldwell Dabner Robert W. Daniel Walter E. Davidson Johnnie Dewberry Robert W. Dobbins Donald J. Dunn Carl L. Finger Walter Fletcher Frank Gardner Marlin L. Gastrock George H. Gillis

Stanley Gripp Paul M. Haas James Hayes John C. Hayes Purty Herring Albert Hill Charles Hill George H. Hollenquest Andrew J. House Sam H. Ivey Charles D. Jenkins James J. Jeralds George Johnson William H. Johnson Henry Jones (Canvas) Henry Jones (Seats) James Jones George Kelley George L. Lancaster Thomas E. Langley Stanley M. Leist David Lowe Robert Lukas James M. Lynch John McCarthy Silas McCloud John McCoy Jeffery McCrea Ernest McKinney James Martin Arthur J. Miller Charles E. Mitchell Claude L. Moore Daniel Moore Willie Moore Charles W. Morris Robert J. O'Connor Alfred J. Olexa William H. Peterson John A. Petty

Albert E. Pittaway Norman Pompey Thomas Quinn William Reed John T. Robinson Victor Robinson James J. Scalese Charles A. Schumann Allen Scriven Lloyd Seymour Paul M. Shaw William R. Shores Mike Simmons Hubert Smith Oscar Smith, Jr. Robert Smith Marvin B. Stone Louis Sullivan Willie L. Sumter Jessie Taylor LeRoy Thomas Willie A. Thompson Pellie Tillman Neal Todd John C. Wade William Walker Lynne Wallace James Washington Booker T. Whitmill Riley Wiggins Manuel Williams Andrew Wilson Howard M. Wilson Robert Wilson James Wood Murray Wood Clarence Woodruff George J. Young

Lay Out Department

William Dwyer, Superintendent
Weldon R. Elder, Assistant

Joseph E. Allen Tracer Curry Michael Dulczak Louis F. Grimm William J. Harrington Willie Hilson

Milton Luck Elwood F. Mumbauer Arthur Norwood Robert Patterson, Jr. John C. Ragan

Jim Richardson Sterling D. Rives John E. Sawyer Robert H. Shields Marion F. Stephens

Stables Department

Walter K. Kaner, Superintendent

Delmar Baul John H. Bishop James Bowen Edgar Coleman James W. Gordon

Robert Johnson Robert L. Jones Samuel Leslie James McMurray George W. Moss

John Pope Arnette Sloan James R. Smith John Tillman Clinton Walton

Accounting Office, Sarasota, Florida

James R. Griffin, Treasurer and General Auditor
Fred J. McKenna, Assistant General Auditor
Violet Johns, Secretary
Herbert H. Sicks, Purchasing Agent

Helen McIntyre Dorothy Jasmer

Margaret Sumerall Ann Rogers

Hilda Wallin Maude Bush

New York Office: Lillian Davis, Representative

Chicago Office: Nat Green, Representative

Hartford Office: Madeline Youell, Representative

Program Department, The Circus Magazine

Harry Dube, President
Will Karshan, Advertising Sales Representative
William Lish, Sales Manager
Salesmen: Charles Allen, John Attardi, Tom Pence

Miller Brothers Concessions

Novelty Department

Morris Gustow, Manager Harry Carter, Assistant L. Gustow, No. 1 Stand F. Perez, No. 2 Stand

S. Jacyna, No. 3 Stand A. Zimmerman, No. 4 Stand L. Blumenthal, Menagerie Novelty Stand

Seat Men

E. Rottman H. Thompson I. Reichenthaler

N. Klein W. Miller

J. Lynn M. Zentner

Midway Eating Stands

Custard

M. Miller, Manager
E. Hopkins; T. Amicol F. Mills, Supt.

Soft Drink Department: Sam Washington, Manager. J. Grumley

Candy Floss: Vic Pratt, Mananger. J. Pilla, J. Palumbo, G. Eichaker

Midway Stand: D. Gillette, Manager. C. Mashakus

No. 1 Stand: J. Brown, Manager. D. Archer, W. Reynolds

No. 2 Stand: A. Stranzl, Manager; W. Snyder

Back Yard Lunch Stand: M. Miller, Manager. W. Coyle, E. Say, D. Turner

Candy Top: Mel Hamlin, Manager; R. Keathley, Assistant; W. White, Stockman

Popcorn: J. Littler, Manager. R. Swain, R. Dover, P. Hall

Menagerie Stands

T. Besser, No. 1, Manager
W. Reed, No. 1
Frank Morris, No. 2
P. Reichen, No. 3

Seat Butchers

B. Berke E. Drucker S. Gregory N. Gunn J. Harvey E. Jakubowski F. Kora

M. Kora V. Long R. Mader P. Pranskunas S. Price C. Reilly S. Reppert

C. Roberts J. Sanders J. Shreve J. Spencer L. Travers F. Viola P. Williams

Chameleon Department

Joseph Trosey Victor LeBow

Al Golden Louis Trosev

Roy Bowen

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The 1947 Performance of the Greatest Show on Earth

More than an hour's time is given patrons before the performance begins to visit the Mammoth Menagerie. In the World's Largest Traveling Zoo are splendid specimens of rare animals from every clime, including world famous giant Gorillas, Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the Great.

Display No. 1 - Jungle Claw and Fang and Arctic Cunning Challenged at Risk of Life and Limb in Three Thrill-Packed Steel Arenas.

Damoo Dhotre's trained Jaguars, black and spotted Leopards, Pumas.

Rudolph Matthies' Bengal and Siberian Tigers.

Konselman's Educated Polar Pupils, first time in America.

Display No. 2 - Unparalled and Desperately Hazardous Mid-Air Sensations.

Jimmy Millette; Albert Powell; Welde the Great - first time in America; Rose Sisters; Ira Millette; The Merions - first time in America.

Display No. 3 - The Adam Smasher. A Futilitarian Tidal Wave Sweeping the Arena with Heroic Nonsense.

Display No. 4 - Acrobatic Champions Aground, on Horseback on Lofty Ladders and on Bounding Trampolie in a Skillfully Animated Mosaic of Equilibristic Artistry.

Raquel Nelson; The Yolandis; The Pages; The Bombshells; the Bostocks with Marion Seifert - first time in America.

Display No. 5 - The Idalys, first time in America. A perilous adventure in the astronomical reaches at the pinnacle of the big top, the absolute apogee of spine-tingling heroics.

Display No. 6 - Europe's Foremost Exponents of the Wheel in Marvelous Maneuvers of Cycling Precision.

The Goetschis, first time in America; The Mathis Duo, first time in America; The Fred Harrys, first time in America.

Display No. 7 - Jungle Interlude. A Startling Emmissary of the Evolutionary Theory.

Natal, Man or Monkey? First time in America.

Display No. 7 - The Wedding of Cinderella, first time in America. Once Upon a Time . . . A Glittering Galaxy of Fairyland Folk Parading Straight From the Periphery of Enchantment Through the Halls of Fantasy to Attend the Nuptials of the World's Favorite Storybook Heroine and Her Prince Charming.

Display No. 8 - Rose Gould, first time in America. The International Queen of the Air. The Epitome of Poetry in Motion High Above the Center Ring.

Display No. 9 - The Battalion of Buffoons. The Clowns Put Their Heads and Bodies Together and Demonstrate How to Solve the New Car Shortage.

Display No. 10 - The World's Greatest Horse Trainers with a Startling Divertissement of Difficult Drills in Galloping Unison.

Mrs. Gena Lipkowska, first time in America; Mroczkowski, first time in America; Louis Gautier, first time in America.

Display No. 11 - Promenade of the Clowns. Red-nosed, Chalk-faced, Slap-happy Funmakers From the Earth's Four Corners.

Display No. 12 - A Peerless Plethora of Glittering Circus Femininity in a Dreamlined Interpretation of an Internationally Renowned Terpsichorean Achievement. Performed to the Inimitable Strains of Offenbach's Lilting "Gaite parisienne" and in which the French Cancan Breaks the Altitude Record.

The Aerial CanCan featuring Chrysis De La Grange, aerial Cancan Arranged by Vander Barbette. First time in America.

Display No. 13 - Gloom Takes a Holiday. Here They Are Again, the Makers of Mirthquakes.

Display No. 14 - Wizards of the Wire in Unbelievably Skilled Excursions Beyond the Abyss of Intrepidity.

Lola Dobritch, first time in America; Great Reverhos, first time in America; The Joannides, first time in America.

Display No. 15 - Emissaries of Brute Erudition in Hitherto Unattainable Accomplishments.

Tiebor's Sea Lions; Rhodin's Bears, first time in America; Armand Guerre's Sea Lions, first time in America; Vargas' Chimps, first time in America; Bostock's Ponies & Mules, first time in America.

Display No. 16 - The Royal Ascot. The arrival of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandria, distinguished foreign personages and representatives of the great families of England in mid-June, 1909, to see the King's entry, Princess de Galles, win the Coronation Stakes on the Empire's brightest racing day. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey equine beauties highlight an opulent present-day salute to this memorable occasion as their drivers and mounts and historic vehicles wheel down memory lane in the best Ascot tradition. Featuring Europe's most distinguished emissaries of haute ecole horsemanship and dressage.

Jose Moeser, first time in America; The Claude Valois, the Countess de la Court, first time in America; Louis Gautier, first time in America.

Display No. 17 - Unprecendented Tapestry of Flying Trapeze Split-Second Synchronization Hitherto Conceived Only in Flights of Purest Fancy.

Ward-Bell Fliers; Flying Behees; The Esquedas, first time in America.

Display No. 18 - The Congress of Clowns. A Howling Hurricane of Hilarity Unlimited by Captains of Caprice Compelling Cachinnation Incomparable.

Display No. 19 - The Age-Old Art of Juggling Exemplified by Young in Years and Young in Heart.

The Valettes, first time in America; The Chiesas, first time in America; The Perezoffs, first time in America.

Display No. 20 - "Bargain Day in Clowndom." A Futilitarian Conglamoration of Histrionic Nonsense.

Display No. 21 - Paragons of Perfect Equilibrium on Lofty Pedestals, Unsupported Ladders, High Platform and Dizzy Perch.

The Medinis, first time in America; The Thommens, first time in America; Great Barton, first time in America; The Cybas, first time in America; The Bontas, first time in America.

Display No. 22 - The Personification of Gymnastic Prowess and the Emolument of Patience and Courage.

The Boginas, first time in America; Rachellis-Borgianas, first time in America; Asia Boys and Wong Gen Fo Troupe, first time in America; The Robenis, first time in America; The Cathalis, first time in America.

Display No. 23 - Lou Jacob's Junior Jeep. Space Economy Epitomized in a Miracle of the Motor Age with Emphasis on Spree Wheeling and a Million Smiles Per Gallon.

Display No. 24 - The Great Alzanas, first time in America. Newest Sensation on the High-Wire Where Daredeviltry Beggars Descripton and Where Life Hangs by a Slender Thread.

Display No. 25 - Elephantasia, elephants trained and presented under the supervision of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey elephant superintendent, Richard Shipley. Pachydermic Prodigies, Glorious Girls and Cavorting Comedians in a Climactic Conclusion to the Greatest Show on Earth. First time anywhere.

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Statistics of the 1947 Tour

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