Here's a terrible cellphone camera reproduction of a great photo of the early 70s Ringling Clown Alley that I found in a European circus book at the Hugo Public Library in Hugo, OK.
From left to right I see: Billy Baker )seated on the ringcurb), Frosty Little, Mike Padilla and then after that I can't make out the faces. I know Barbara Nagel is on the right because I can make out her wig.
Does anyone know which book this is from? Can anyone provide a better scan?
It looks like Zapata next to Mike Padilla. Do you remember the name of the book?
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Could be.
ReplyDeleteI should have written down the name of the book but I didn't have paper and pen with me.
Of course I could have just jotted it down on my cell phone while I was taking the pictures but I felt uncomfortable enough snapping photos of library books and tried to take them as quickly as possible for fear that the librarians would call Homeland Security on me ; )
I do know that it's an enormous, expensive looking picture book in a slipcase. It's also got text in a few different languages.
But I doubt that helps.
Found it...it's called "Circus - Magie der Manege" photo's by Rolf Lehman, text by Fredy Knie, Sr., Horst W. Cekan & Lutz R. Schoellkopf.
ReplyDeleteThe picture appears on pages 7&8, and the clowns are Billy Baker, Frosty Little, Mike Paldilla, Zapata, Barbera Nadel, Johhny Peers Richard Mann & Lou Jacobs.
Beautiful photo book, with great pictures of all aspects of circus.
-Greg