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The drawing that appears on the cover of this issue was drawn by Roland Butler around 1930. It has appeared on Ringling publications of that period. However, it is best known as cover drawing for the 1932 Hagenbeck-Wallace roto newspaper courier. It has also appeared on the cover of Ringling winter quarter's guides in the past. The loan of the art from member Butler is most appreciated. Cover picture, Bandwagon, Vol. 2, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1958.
Five LaBarra Bros.
The 5 LaBarra Bros. are: Standing - A. Bird, C. E. Bird, H. Robinson; reclining - Art. Ackerman and Dave Strait. They were acrobats, contortionists and aerial artists. Several of these artists later joined the Mohawk Valley Circus and the James Silver Circus. Hobby-Bandwagon, May, 1949, p. 5.
Left: Estella Hobson. Right: Berta Beeson. Lithographs gathered by Karl K. Knecht from the advance advertising cars that toured ahead of circuses in the early 1920s. Pfening Collection. Bandwagon, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1961, pp. 12-13.
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