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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

#14 Big Bertha!

Nice shot of "Modoc" had that lady not gotten in the way!

Monday, January 04, 2016

I have a Facebook account but rarely refer to it since I have enough trouble keeping up with the Blog.
My wife just happened by and punched up the picture of Bonnie Feld posing with an elephant.
Must surely be Bonnie Jr. since this is the Kenneth and Bonnie who came to Mexico 40 years ago to to see our act.

Some Cats got it and some Cats ain't!

Sunday, January 03, 2016

#1 Mud Shows

#2 Mud Shows

#3 Mud Shows

King-Cristiani.

#4 Mud Shows

King-Cristiani 1952.

#5 Mud Shows

"Gentry Babe" seen here with Luke Anderson's show and later many years with Gene Holter.

#6 Mud Shows

King-Cristiani

#7 Mud Shows

#8 Mud Shows

#9 Mud shows

Tony Diano Bull Truck.

#10 Mud Shows

Franco Richards' Ring Bros. Circus.

#11 Mud Shows

#12 Mud Shows

I saw the show about this time, elephants are "Shirley Temple", "Mary" and "Judy".

#13 Mud Shows

#14 Mud Shows

#15 Mud Shows

#16 Mud Shows

This Show Biz is All Right!......

Saturday, January 02, 2016

#1 Hugo, Okla.

The Hugo Shrine Club in the early 1950's subsequent to Beduin Temple in Ardmore, Okla.
Frank Ellis, Bill Woodcock, Coot Campbell proprietor of Campbell's Funeral Parlor, D.R. Miller, Sid Stevens, Art Miller and Donnie MacIntosh.

#2 Hugo, Okla

William Woodcock Sr.

#3 Hugo, Okla.

1950 Kelly-Miller Elephant Dept. Fred Logan, John Carrol, Smokey Jones, Alonzo Dever Irish Greer and Bill Woodcock.

#4 Hugo, Okla.

Bill Woodcock and Harry Rooks putting together an elephant-pony number.
"Anna May" was never too happy being in these mixed acts, got the "hairy eye-ball" on that scary creature.

#5 Hugo, Okla.

Jack Moore, Stanfield the Magician and Doc Sherman.

#6 Hugo, Okla.

Bob Grubbs and Shirley Walters practicing "Daisy".

#7 Hugo, Okla

Fred Logan and "Anna May".

#8 Hugo, Okla.

Bill Woodcock with "Lydia"

#9 Hugo, Okla.

Shirley Logan practicing the "handshake" with "Margaret" and "Tena.

#10 Hugo, Okla.

Leaving Winter Quarters on a march to downtown Hugo for a local parade, pretty good hike.
My father and "Norma" with "Elsie" and "Margaret" in the background, former Russell Bros. elephants.

#11 Hugo, Okla.

D.R named this African elephant "Colonel" after my father but he never even came down to the barn to look at her.
He considered them to be something more like a Taradactyl.

#12 Hugo, Okla.

.....even put on gloves to prove I knew what I was doing!
"Mary", "Shirley", "Minnie", "Ione" and "Virginia".

#13 Hugo, Okla.

Out of High School and with no other prospects I decided to go into the elephant business so the first thing I did was have my picture taken on "Anna May"and I am forced to admit I was a fine figure of a man.