THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO MY TWIN BROTHER, BILL DYKES (1943-1995). WE WERE NOT ONLY BROTHERS BUT PARTNERS IN BUSINESS AND BEST FRIENDS! AND TO ALL THE "BUTCHERS" THAT HAVE PASSED ON TO THE BIG LOT IN THE SKY!
"THE OLD" DAYS

#9"Spader Johnson dressed as a clown."

"Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop."

"RW Cast & Crew (possibly The Clyde Beatty Show)"

"Personnel of the old Miles Orton Circus outside a tent in their 1891-92 New Orleans' quarters."

"Personnel of the Walter L. Main show in 1904 and 1905, photographed outside a tent, include clowns, the driver of a four horse chariot, and air performers. Their contemporary, circus man Frank B. Miller, described the group as 'A bunch of real old time actors, all damn good ones...'" (1905)
-Circus Photos at Wisconsin Historical Society
The pix labeled possibly the Clyde Beatty show, has Mabel Stark in it. Look real close.
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