Friday, May 30, 2008

More on the Christy Wagons #3


Scan10226, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

My dad wrote on the back of this picture, "Lee Bros. Circus (Christy) equipment leaving South Houston, Texas for California when sold to Ken Maynard."

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

THE YOUNG FELLOW, ON THE FLATS, LOOKS AS IF IT MAY BE BUCKLES, GATHERING INFORMATION FOR HIS FUTURE BLOGSITE.

Anonymous said...

Am I missing something here? It looks like the wagons are blocked, but not chained. If this is the case how did they ever arrive in one piece?
Bob Kitto

Anonymous said...

When they are chalked thats it. They are load3ed. Very rarely would any chains or extra holod downs be used. Chalks did the job. A LIGHT WAGON MIGHT HAVE ITS SPRINGS TIED TOGETHER, BUT THATS ABOUT IT. tHOSE cHRISTY WAGONS WERE READY TO ROLL.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the info Johnny.
Bob Kitto