CHINESE IMPERIAL CIRCUS...
I visited the winter quarters of the new CIC , located on property owned by Carnes & Barnes, and next to C&B winter Q's, on March 14, 1996.
At CIC winter Q's, I saw circus equipment letter for CIC, C&B, and Allan C. Hill's Great American Circus, side by side waiting transformation to the new show.
A new shop building was built on the property and seat wagons repaired.
Show had 5 seat wagons - four from GA and one from C&B.
Two generators came from C&B and were installed in GA genertor trailer. The old GA generator was left at C&B winter Q's.
Two new bunkhouse trailers were purchased for the Chinese performers.
Original Concession/Office trailer from GA was repainted and lettered for CIC. Errand/passenger bus came from C&B and was lettered for CIC.
Elephant truck came from C&B.
There were two cookhouses on the show.
The large trailer from GA and a Chinese cookhouse built into the back on one of the white school buses.
The fork lift was from GA. Tent from C&B.
Spool box came from GA and had the large arrow still on side.
CIC opened April 20,1996 in Hugo, OK, and lasted one season.
I visited the show on Sept. 05, 1996 in Camache, Iowa.
These photos will be shown in next installment. All photos by Bill Prickett.
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