This is the first of a set of three sets of Hoxie Pictures,
I'm sorry I don't have any info on these, but maybe some of our
friends will help identify or date these pictures.
The Last Summer for Baseball in Oakland ... It Feels like a Day in
Pittsrbugh Long Ago, When The Greatest Show on Earth Under Canvas Called it
Quits ...
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Sad town, soon to be without a major league team, the Raiders having fled,
so too the Golden Stage Warriors. And now the sport of Babe Ruth.
Baseball is...
2 hours ago
Dick, I finally got to see Hoxie Bros in this time period as they did not play Texas. I drove to Gulfport, Miss, to catch them.
ReplyDeleteThey had an old Beatty Cole tent and I met Mike Cecere for the first time.
I was treated great and had a great time and see all that purple equipment.
Great memories from a great circus.
Harry in Texas
The guy on the fork lift is Cowboy was Stach's second in command on the big top.This is about 1980, I was a butcher.
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