Tom Mix Alley of 1937

Photo courtesy of the Woodcock Circus Archives



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I saw this picture today on Buckles Woodcock's outstanding circus blog.

It is reprinted here without permission yet because it's early in the morning and I don't want to bother a man like that at an hour like this.

This photo is interesting for a few reasons.

The Tom Mix Clown Alley of 1937 featured quite a few folks that we've seen here before.

Circus comedy notables amongst the crowd are the George Hanneford riding family, Bumpsy Anthony, Glen "Kinko" Sunberry (listed as "Glen Kinko") and his wife "Mary Kinko" ( MRS. Kinko was a clown too?!?), Jimmy Davidson (who worked many Shrine dates), Jack Knapp (most likely the "Happy" Knapp whose picture we saw here two weeks ago) and one name that jumped off the page at me...

George Carl.

Somewhere in this photo is the one and only George Carl, early in his career, working in whiteface.

By process of elimination, I believe that George Carl may be the whiteface in the front row, four people in from the left of the staples in the center, seated next to Bumpsy Anthony.

It would be easier if I knew how tall Bumpsy was and could get a close-up of that part of the photo from Buckles but, like I said, I'm not going to be the guy to wake him up!