HOWDY, MY NAME IS BILL STRONG, I'LL BE YOUR "24 HOUR MAN", ROUTING YOU INTO THE PAST TO SEE WHAT THE CIRCUS WAS IN DAYS GONE BY. IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, AND MISS WHAT IT USED TO BE, THEN COME ON ALONG AS WE GO DOWN THE ROAD FOLLOWING THE ARROWS BACKWARDS, TO "YESTERDAY'S TOWNS"! IF YOU HAVE CIRCUS RELATED PICTURES YOU WOULD LIKE POSTED, SEND THEM TO,,,,yesterday1@verizon.net,,,,AND WE WILL TRY TO FIT THEM IN. "24 HOUR MAN" WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION ON POSTING.
Three years at CWM made me a real traditionalist, and I keep remembering Bob Parkinson saying, "I want the people to see what the circus used to be, not what it is today. That's what this site is about!
Now this may not fool a lot of people, on the other hand, even if you know what it is I would think it's been a while since you used one.
By the way, this ad is over 90 years old!
COMPLETE AD
cc: yes the J.R. Clancy Co. still exists in Syracuse, & still deals in stage equipment.
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posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 7:23 PM
13 Comments:
I do better on the This Old HOuse quizzes! But, why would you need a 3 headed screw eye? Syracuse ain't that far; think they are still in production?? cc
The industry that used these is still in full swing, it's quite possible they still use them.
If no one gets it tomorrow I add a hint.
Being the uninformed here, I can see it being used as a cork puller for wine bottles.
On another subject, a couple bosses have larger models they uses as well for other purposes.
Bob
There is a large casket company in Syracuse....possibilities are endless. cc
It's the SKY HOOK that so many first of Mays are told to go fetch for hanging the aerial rigging outdoors.
You might say they have something in common with tent stakes. Right?
Bob: cork-screw no, but logical guess.
Second guess: among other things.
Mike: but then it would be upside down.
Jerry Jay: you're on the trail.
cc: I saved you for last because I promised you a clue.
"show biz related, but not circus"
Sky Hook...Side pole splitter...bale ring key...they all look the same!
:-)
Cindy Potter
Why yes, I stumbled on them "in the wings".
Are they used backstage in theatres to tie down sets or flats? Seems I remeber them MR> LEE
Way back in highschool when I was on the stagecrew , the scenery co. would bring in painted canvas attached to wooden frames -- then an arm would be inserted under the top frame bar , telescoped out about 90 degrees( just enought to trip someone in the dark backstage )and then one of these things would be screwed into the other end of the support, and into the wooden floor -- the nuns never knew what all those holes were from --SO --did I win a prize ??? we used to call them (in german) "Kemosabes"
Is it a stool softener?
~P
It's a stage screw.......nice quick and easy way to secure scenery to the floor and get it undone again in the dark......
Adam
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