Bandwagon, November 1. Scroll down for the article you are looking for in this issue. Bandwagon, Vol. Note: Only some articles are included in this online edition. Many illustrations are not included. The Circus Historical Society does not guarantee the accuracy of information contained in the information in these online articles. Information should always be checked with additional sources. Nov- Dec), 1. 96. Andrew Downie, Charles Sparks, and Jerry Mugivan (in association with Ed Ballard and Bert Bowers.) A study of this strategy brings to this historian a thrill seldom found in the chronology of wrecks, fires, blowdowns, or other catastrophes. This managerial skill illustrated the intelligence and judgement needed for success in a most difficult business venture - that of tented showmanship. Bradbury has stated in his description of the 1. Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus (White Tops, Nov.- Dec., 1. They were far from quiet years, however, from the standpoint of business competition. United States suddenly awoke to the fact that they were in the midst of a great economic boom. The tensions and the fright of the Great War had passed and the . Industry was moving at a successful pace for the most part. The people of this nation were able to obtain facilities that made living more pleasant. New York City Guide - Historical Guide Series from the Federal Writers Project. Circus Historical Society Circus Biographies, Obituaries S - U. Many of these were taken from the New York Clipper, Billboard, various newspapers. 9781434466310 1434466310 Penrod and Sam, Booth Tarkington 9781600448737 1600448739 Temporada de Calabazas, Luana K Mitten, Mary M Wagner, Yanitzia Canetti. New Swedes Church consecrated on the on the ground formerly occupied by the Swedes Church, Southwark. William Penn arrived at. Description Series Box / Reel Folder / Frame ItemMoney was available for recreation and entertainment. To accomplish this they routed their outfits into areas of economic success, avoided depressed areas, and sought agricultural harvests. In addition, the circus equipment was modernized and the performance up- dated. Bradbury has referred to the modernization of equipment in his fine article in White Tops. The student of circus history will recall many changes in the performance presented during this period which were designed to capture greater audiences. No attempt will be made to give every detail of the circus routes, but, it is hoped that enough evidence will be presented so that the reader will understand the maneuvering that took place. The role of the Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus in the plans of Mugivan, Bowers, and Ballard will be emphasized. At the end of April the excitement started. The Ringling owned show was still in the Garden, when Sells- Floto left Chicago and headed east into territory usually played by the Ringling- Barnum outfit following their New York City stand. Sells- Floto moved into Philadelphia for a week. The Ringling show came into that city on May 8- 1. Sells- Floto's stand during the first week of May. Then Sells- Floto moved to Washington, D. Circus Historical Society Bandwagon, November - December 1965 Back to Bandwagon Index. Scroll down for the article you are looking for in this issue. C., for May 8- 9. Sells- Floto played Baltimore, Md., on May 1. Ringling came to that city on May 1. Sells- Floto made Newark. The two circuses were but two days apart at Allentown and Scranton, Pa. This pattern, which developed so early in the season, continued throughout the entire tour as the circuses played from the east to the west coast and back into the South. Hagenbeck- Wallace opened its road tour before Sells- Floto left the Coliseum and before the John Robinson Circus made its first road stand. The Hagenbeck- Wallace route apparently was planned to pull the . This combination of routes of the two circuses made the advance brigades of Ringling Bros., the Sparks, and the Walter L. Main circuses scramble. The events of the spring went in this pattern. Hagenbeck- Wallace opened in Louisville, Kentucky, on April 2. Ohio and Pennsylvania with four stands in West Virginia. The John Robinson Circus opened at Peru, Indiana, on April 2. May 1- 6 in Ohio and then toured Pennsylvania for over two weeks before moving back to Ohio and into Michigan. All three of the Indiana circuses played in and around the steel center of Pittsburgh. Pa., before four weeks of the season were completed. Sells- Floto played near that city on its way east during the first week of the season; Hagenbeck- Wallace spent two days there on May 1 and 2; and John Robinson was in for two days on May 1. Obviously the Ringling- Barnum show did not see the need for a stand in that city during the 1. Sparks did some fast moving to be the first to show in some of the eastern cities. It moved into Charleston, West Virginia, on April 2. Hagenbeck- Wallace arriving in that town on the 2. Sparks was also in Clarksburg five days before Hagenbeck- Wallace. Akron, Ohio, was visited by the Sparks Circus on May 3, with Hagenbeck- Wallace due in on the 1. Ringling- Barnum plastering the city with paper that screamed, . This route allowed the Sparks Circus to play Butler. Pa., on May 6, and scoop the John Robinson show which was due there on the 1. Main Circus was in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey with a move into Connecticut on the horizon. Downie no doubt estimated that it was wiser to pull the money out of the small towns and avoid a major conflagration with the bigger outfits. It would seem probable that this much circus activity would have hurt the attendance of these circuses, but all of them reported wonderful business. They could have done very well, for a study of this period reveals an abandon marked by the throwing- off of the shackles of thrift and virtue that had been demanded before the blood- bath of 1. This was the Jazz Age. The Big Show was scarcely the . When Ringling played Rochester, N. Y. Hagenbeck- Wallace had spent two days in Cleveland, Ohio, about a week and a half before the Ringling show came in on June 2- 3. One factor, causing some changes in plans, was the miner's strike in the coal country of West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. Conditions were poor in New England, also, due to strikes in the textile industry which lasted for several weeks. Conversely, it is true that the Ringling management had the same conditions to battle, plus the fact that they were opposing three circuses, not just one. Sparks, it seems, did surprisingly well to enter the engagement, but probably did confuse the issue to the extent that the Ringling circus did get a little - very little - breathing space. Sells- Floto left the Boston Garden after an extended stand on June 4 and the Ringling- Barnum show moved in for a six- day stand on June 1. The Sells- Floto tour through New England, undoubtedly aimed at getting the money out of that section before the Ringling organization could sweep it up, brought the show from Peru into close proximity with the “Big One. Mass., on June 1. Ringling moved in on the 1. By this time Sells- Floto was leaving New England and was heading west while the Ringling- Barnum show was moving into Maine in preparation for entry into Canada. The Big, Show played Manchester, New Hampshire, Worcester. Mass., and Portland, Maine, after the Sells- Floto circus had made a stand in each of those cities and then it moved into Montreal, Quebec, for a two- day stand on July 3- 4 they were aware that Hagenbeck- Wallace had been there on the 5th and 6th of June. In fact, of the eight eastern Canadian cities played by the Ringling- Barnum circus at this time, Hagenbeck- Wallace had played six of them before the . This member of the Indiana clan had spent the first three weeks of June in Ontario. Barnes Circus was also in Illinois. This may account for the August tour of the Hagenbeck- Wallace Circus which returned east as far as West Virginia. The John Robinson Circus returned to the area of Indiana and Illinois in August and probably helped to confuse the Barnes' route. The Sparks show at this time was in Michigan but guided toward Indiana and Ohio. This event occurred at Albion. Michigan, where the Sparks show was scheduled for the l. Hagenbeck- Wallace was making a stand at Jackson, Michigan, that same Monday. Almost every member of the show made the trip to Albion and the Sparks' management furnished dinner to the guests in the cook tent after the game. However, on some occasions it had a date which made it the first circus of the season. On these stands, however, it was usually followed within a month by either the John Robinson or Hagenbeck- Wallace circuses. To cite an example: the Barnes show played Kokomo, Ind., on July 2. John Robinson was there on August 1. Barnes played Wheeling, West Virginia, on July 2. Hagenbeck- Wallace returning to its first week of the season territory to play Wheeling on August 2. This may be too harsh a critique of their movements, but it is obvious that the Ringling, Sparks, Main and Barnes circuses were well aware that they had to rustle to beat down the opposition from Peru and West Baden. On August 1, when Ringling played Madison, Wisconsin, the Sells- Floto Circus was in Bozeman, Montana, and headed west to anticipate the Ringling's proposed route down the Pacific coast. Hagenbeck- Wallace was in Xenia, Ohio, and scheduled to play the mid- western states in depth, and the John Robinson show had toured Nebraska and Kansas, and was in Enid, Oklahoma. The only route to the Pacific that had not been played was through Canada and the Ringling show took it. This brought the Greatest Show On Earth into Spokane, Washington, on August 1. However, Sells- Floto had played that stand on August 5th. This representative of the Indiana circuses played several Washington cities and Portland, Oregon, and moved east to Idaho and Utah, and was back in San Francisco for four days, August 2. Ringling came into the Bay city on September 1- 3. On September 1. 8, both shows played Phoenix, Arizona. Sells- Floto had a contract for a lot in town, and the . They remained in the same southwestern desert for a few days with Sells- Floto moving into Albuquerque on September 2. Ringling show arriving there on the 2. After this date the Ringling- Barnum outfit moved into Texas and found itself in territory which had already been played by the John Robinson Circus in mid- September. Sells- Floto played through Arkansas, Tennessee, and into Alabama early in October. Hagenbeck- Wallace moved into the south for an extended tour about the first of September, and John Robinson proceeded east ahead of the Ringling show into Louisiana and Mississippi. Ringling- Barnum made its Little Rock, Arkansas stand on October 3.
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