YESTERDAY'S TOWNS

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.

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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!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

"FIRST OF MAY": BILLBOARD 05-01-1900, PAGE FIVE,,,, PART THREE



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"FIRST OF MAY", BILLBOARD MAY 1, 1900, PAGE SIX


DAN RICE



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ELEPHANT RIDES

FOR HANS CLOSE JR.: FROM POLACK BROS. 1961

HERE ARE THREE PHOTOS FROM PENNY, TAKEN AT BRENDA JONES' & BUZZY CUTTIN'S WEDDING ON THE POLACK SHOW IN 1961.

Front row Tony Pina,Paluzza, Mickey Gutis, & it looks to me like Bruno Rode; back row right Hans Close.


THE GARTER TOSSHans Close,(with a little height advantage), Paluzza, Tony Pina, & Bubbles Fredonia.

~BILLBOARD MAY 1, 1900: DEDICATED TO ALL THE "FIRST OF MAYS" WHO JOINED OUT IN THE SPRING,,,, AND STAYED THE WHOLE SEASON,,,,THE REST OF THEIR LIFE~

This is a little late, but I had intended to post each full page, the problem was getting them large enough to read. So I had to back down & change to what you see here. Little interesting tidbits of an era few of us remember,,,,gone forever!

I have fun trying to restore old damaged photos and this one was a real challenge. It proves I don't do faces.

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I know the following pages should have been first, but it'll have to do.



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