Friday, August 25, 2006

Gollmar Bros. Circus 1922 #4


This is a well circulated picture of "Victor" including clown Abe Goldstein and a teen-aged Clyde Beatty at right who had joined the show the previous year.

Posted by Buckles at 8/25/2006 06:30:00 AM

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

Research makes 18-year-old Clyde's date of joining out August 16, 1921, on Howes Great London, in Washington Court House, Ohio. He ran off with a pal who later returned home to Bainbridge. Over the years, after Beatty achieved fame, everyone in Ross County claimed to have been that pal. But after his death, an article appeared with a photo of a fellow named Howard Smith, who said it was he, and told the tale of the morning of departure. The story appeared to be truthful, and anyhow it's as good as any.

25 August, 2006 16:05

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