Saturday, March 10, 2007

Shrine Circus: Toledo 1933

Photos courtesy of Bill Strong







The Toledo, OH Shrine Circus of 1933 was produced by Hagenbeck-Wallace. These are some of the clown photos from the program that year. I can't identify anyone in them except for the last, which looks to be Joe "Koko" Coyle.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I remember Joe Coyle working as a greeter at Christmastime in Marshall Fields department store in downtown Chicago when I was a kid for several years. His costume was always crisp and clean and he made me laugh. He'd always call me "Sam" after I told him my name.

Also, I believe he was with Hagenback Wallace during the train crash in Hammond, Indiana and lost his family in the disaster (if I remember correctly).

Sandy