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Saturday, February 28, 2009

FROM HARTLAND SMITH:

I've been digging through my old pix and I ran across this one which shows what is probably a local High School Band on its way back to the show grounds after appearing in the King Bros. 1954 parade in downtown Pontiac, Michigan.
Red Band Wagon in King Bros. Circus parade through downtown Pontiac, MI in 1955.





Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. getting set up at the airport in St. Ignace, Michigan back in 1953.



A 1962 mid-morning view of the George W. Cole lot in Mackinaw City, Michigan



Anther view of the Beatty-Cole lot near Pontiac, MI in 1962






Here are Beatty-Cole elephants getting a free lunch near Pontiac, MI in 1962








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