Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Cristiani-Wallace 1963 #5


scan0029, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is that Pete Cristiani working the elephant?
Lane Talburt

Jimmy Cole said...

I believe this is Freddy Canestrelli.

Anonymous said...

Looks a lot like Remo Cristiani??? Charles Hanson

Anonymous said...

This can't be Remo as he was with the United Nations Circus in 1963 & Fred & Ortans were on the show in 1965. Oscar was with Pete in 1963 with his 4 elepahnts & it may be him working with the elephant in harness. Pete Cristiani moved more circus on 15-16 trucks than anyone I can remember. The great paint job for 1964 was done by the late Tommy Cooper.

David Reddy

Jimmy Cole said...

Fred & Ortans Canestrelli were with Cristiani - Wallace in 1963. They are listed in the program.

Fred ocasionaly did work with elephants.

Anonymous said...

Jim--you are correct about Fred & Ortans being on the show in 1963. In fact, I have a photo or two in my albums with their family on the show that season. They were also back in 1965 & Fred worked the 3 elephant act the shows I caught that year. I for one, thank you for sharing these photos with us. It brings back a lot of memories for many of us. I also said 1964 in my previous post about the paint job for 1963. I mistyped 1964by accident & meant for it to read 1963.

David Reddy