KEVIN JAMES-MAGICIAN

COLE BROS 2009 OPENING DATE (From David P. Orr)

Friday, March 20, 2009
Cole Bros. Circus celebrates its 125th Anniversary this year. Producers John and Brigitte Pugh will unveilthe 2009 Edition of Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars at Dress Rehearsal scheduled to commence at 6:30 p.m. at the DeLand Airport Show Grounds in DeLand, Florida. The new performance celebrates Cole Bros. Circus' milestone in circus history with amazing animals and outstanding circus artists

FISHER BROS 1776 CIRCUS (From Hartland Smith)

Talk about "Holy Big Tops! I beleive Hoxie owned this show. Circus Fans correct me if I'm wrong.

Hi Dick,

Here are two more pix I located on my hard drive. They were scanned from 35mm slides and aren't as large as some of the digital items I've been sending. They show FISHER BROS. setup on a vacant lot on the main street of downtown Mackinaw City, MI.

I only obtained two pix because I had just arrived in Mackinaw City, on a day in July, 1976. After snapping these fotos, I had to drive to my summer home and unload the car. Then, guests came and stayed the evening. During that time we had a terrific rain and wind storm. I don't know how the circus escaped a blow down. I do know that my barber, who attended the show with his daughter, said that they had to keep moving to different areas to avoid leaks from above.
--Hart

CARSON & BARNES BABY JENNY(From Hartland Smith)

Baby Jenny

CARSON & BARNES--1999 PONTIAC, MI ( From Hartland Smith)

SOMETHING DIFFERENT (FROM MIKE NAUGHTIN)

LIPPIZZAN STALLIONS

This was one of the biggest shows that Bill and I ever produced.

We had them in Salisbury at the Civic Center one year

and the next year in the Ocean City Convention Hall.

Jack Beck, that owned the Tournament of Thrills, out of Philadelphia was their

East Coast rep.

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATICLE (CONT'D)

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATICLE (CONT'D)

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATICLE (CONT'D)

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATICLE (CONT'D)

I hope that you've enjoyed looking at this article.

I just wish my scanner could have scanned two pages at once.

It was a very time consuming project but I'm glad I did it.

Dick

View my page on CircuSpace

HOXIE & BETTY TUCKER

HOXIE BROS CIRCUS--1972 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ARTICLE

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CLYDE BEATTY-COLE BROS 1986 #1

1986--CULPEPPER, VA FAIRGROUNDS

From Bill Dykes Collection

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