CIRCUS DAYS IN DOVER BEGIN TOMORROW!

SHOWBIZ PETTING ZOO & CIRCUS (MIS 1980'S)

This show was owned by Joe Frisco Sr.

It opened in the Late 80's.

Bill and I had the concessions for a short period of time.

We also booked the first 5 or 6 weeks of the tour.These fotos were taken in Walterboro, SC

Most stands were for 2 days.

The show was presented in an arena similar to the old Wild West Shows.

Bleachers under a canopy and the show in the open.

MILLS BROS CIRCUS 1966 (FROM JIM ELLIOTT)

Here's the last four fotos in the Mills Show 1966 collection from Jim Elliott. How many can you identify?

FORD BROS CIRCUS-1985 (FROM RJ REYNOLDS)

Here are some more pictures of Ford Bros. Circus plus a review of the show from the Cricus Report for 1985. RJ Reynolds

FORD BROS CIRCUS-1985 (FROM RJ REYNOLDS)

A Gopher Davenport Spectacluar Production!

FORD BROS CIRCUS-1985 (FROM RJ REYNOLDS)

Don't forget to click to read article!

RYDER BROS CIRCUS--CIRCUS REPORT 1985 (FROM RJ REYNOLDS)

Here is an article from the Circus Report of 1985 about Ryder Bros. Circus. This show contained animals, acts and equipment that Ford Bros. Circus could not take into Canada that year when they left Maine. They remained with Ryder until Ford Bros. came back into the U.S.

RJ Reynolds Don't forget click on picture to read!

Note: I remember the storys about the show moving on Ryder Rental Trucks,
Hence the name "Ryder Bros Circus"

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MILLS BROS CIRCUS 1966 #1 (FROM JIM ELLIOTT)

These photos were labeled "Candid Shots"

Can you identify these folks?

The only one that was labeled was The Farfan Sisters.

In Fact the albums they're looking at is one of the one's these pics came from!

Who's this Little Guy!
I bet He's not so little now!

MILLS BROS CIRCUS 1966 #2 (FROM JIM ELLIOTT)

MILLS BROS CIRCUS 1966 #3 (FROM JIM ELLIOTT)

CARSON & BARNES-DEL MAR, CA

VIRGINIA GREATER SHOWS-1957

My friend Howard, Delmar Dust Pan Blog, just happened to post

this ad one day last week.

Virginia Greater Shows was out of Suffolk, VA and came up Rt 13 on the Delmarva

Pennisula every year right up into the 1960's.

Then in the late summer played the same route back down to Virginia for the fair season.

One Fair they played for years was the Great Keller Virginia Fair, about 60 miles south of Salisbury, MD where I grew up.

My Dad would take Bill and I down there almost every year.

It was a little country fair with horse racing, no betting, yeah I bet!!

If by chance anyone has any material about that show I would love to post it here.

I remember Bill took quite a few pictures of the show and sold the negatives to Bill Van Winkle.

SATURDAY AT THE FLOWER MART,WILMINGTON,DE

With warm, dry weather, the midway at Rockford Park draws a crowd Saturday.
After delivering a thrilling ride, the Super Shot tower brings its patrons safely back to earth at the Wilmington Flower Market on Saturday.

LAST NIGHT ON 6ABC PHILADELPHIA