BELLO NOCK: High Wire Over Dallas

LES BARIOS: A Go Go

Poster for a Les Barios date that, thanks to the "a go go" part, I would guess is from the mid-1960s.

JOE AND CHESTER SHERMAN: Under Canvas

Photo courtesy of Arte Bausman



Pat,

Came across an envelope of photos that Joe had asked me to scan for him. Thought you'd like to see this one.

Regards,
Arte Bausman


What a great photo! Thank you for sharing Arte!

MYSTERY CLOWNS

STEVE COPELAND: Promo Video

Steve Copeland's latest promo video, including scenes of him performing Shrine dates with the Hamid show.

GILI KEREN

WALTER GALETTI: undated

One of my favorite photos of one of my favorite clowns, Mr. Walter Galetti.

LOU JACOBS: With Showgirl, 1960s

MYSTERY CLOWN

Proving that a well designed makeup still needs to be carefully applied, and that's still not a guarantee that it will look good on every face.

SHRINE CLOWNS: Discombobulator

THANK YOU!

My heartfelt thanks and appreciation go out to all of those who have so generously contributed to the Felix Adler Award Fund thusfar.

We still have a ways to go, but we are getting there.

The auction items should begin appearing on eBay late tonight or tomorrow morning.

AND IF ANYONE FROM DUBAI IS INTERESTED IN BUYING 20% OF CLOWNALLEY.NET TOO, JUST SHOOT ME AN EMAIL! I'D LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU!

CALVIN SPEAKS THE TRUTH!

Word!

Shane and I have spent this whole week up to our ears in Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Droopy and Pee-Wee Herman.

CLOWN ALLEY: Jung, Lewis and Jerome, 1930s

Another view from the same photo session as Tuesday's post.

CONNIE WILSON: Out of Makeup

Trudy Strong's mom, Bill Strong's mother-in-law, Dime Wilson's Mrs., here she is Ms. Connie Wilson!

CLOWN ALLEY: Shrine Circus, Phoenix Arizona

Photo courtesy of Jerry Jay



Clockwise from the top: Candy Dickson, Mingo, Pete Marinovich, Jerry Jay and Donn Nelson with Rex "Count de Boxcar" Young in the center.

POODLES HANNEFORD: Autographed Photo, undated

An autographed photo of Edwin "Poodles" Hanneford and troupe.

MYSTERY CLOWNS, Undated

A QUESTION...

If you were attending a circus performance, as a paying customer, which act would you find more entertaining to watch, these well-rehearsed professional clowns or these well-intentioned Shrine clowns?

Would you still pay to see the show if the juggling, wire-walking, aerial acts and the animal training were also being done by well-intentioned locals?

RALPH DUKE: From Margaret

Photo courtesy of Margaret Duke Scoggan; restored by Rik Gern






I received this photo last month from Margaret Duke Scoggan but didn't post it right away because the scan that Margaret so generously decided to share with us was also pretty heavily damaged. She apologized that it was the only copy that the family had.

Well, no member of the extended Burck/Hall clan shall ever appear here on clownalley.net in anything less than their full glory! Not on my watch!

My friend Rik Gern (who is rapidly becoming a real wiz at photoshop) offered to take the time to lovingly restore the photo, best that he could, and here is the result.

Ladies and gentlemen, my friend Adam Burck's grandfather... Mr. Ralph Duke!

CLOWN ALLEY: Charlie Bell and Emmett Kelly, 1940s

Charlie Bell and Emmett Kelly on the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in the early 1940s.