New Gorman & Boone's - Arena Of Trained In Addition To Wild Animals, 1897, Gives A Expect Into What A Traveling Circus Brought To Town

the develop automobile they used alongside interesting advertising

 J. Anthony is at the front end of the car, coat-less, inwards white alongside suspenders. I assume Col. Boone is to his correct (left inwards the photo). Mrs. J. Anthony Gorman is on the platform at the real front end alongside the flowered chapeau on in addition to "Baby Cyrene" is inwards the Canis familiaris cart toward the bring upwards of the car.

The Gorman's exclusively sense alongside circus creature acts. Most of his career was creating sets for diverse World's Fairs.

Mike Morrison, Oceanside, CA
http://www.circushistory.org/History/BriefF.htm

Gorman in addition to Boone's Arena of Trained in addition to Wild Animals opened on Vanity Fair, Centennial Grounds, Nashville, Tenn., May 1, 1897 in addition to caught on quick.

The crowds on the grounds are small, merely nosotros larn to a greater extent than than our share. The human being inwards white appears, in addition to equally a result everybody is happy. Col. Boone is without incertitude making the hitting of his life inwards his wonderful king of beasts act.

 Miss Dodo Boone, his fiddling daughter, made her initial bow equally a king of beasts tamer, in addition to was a success from the get-go step, although the Colonel had to interfere at times.

 Executive staff: J. Gorman, proprietor in addition to manager; performing bears, ocean lions in addition to wolf hounds;
Col. S. Daniel Boone, creature king; the den of Nubian lions in addition to a troupe of Siberian wolves.

Mlle. Carlotta, king of beasts queen; 

Baby Cyrene Gorman, alongside birds, dogs in addition to kangaroo;
Dodo Boone, lions in addition to tigers;
C. A. Georanni, performing cockatoos in addition to geese;
Monza Farrene in addition to his monkey circus;
Miss Dodo, trained elephants,
in addition to J. E. Cahill, dogs in addition to goats,

Mrs. J. A. Gorman, treasurer,
P. A. Phelp, lecturer in addition to arena announcer;
W. H. Bishop, speculator;
J. Newt. Bronson, musical director;
J. H. Cahill, superintendent animals;
Harry Barrow, properties, alongside 4 assistants;
Grant Reed, caput usher, alongside iii assistants;
Ed. Masterman, carpenter;
Ed. Summers, caput cook, alongside minute in addition to third;
James Lawson, caput waiter, alongside iii assistants;
J. Newton Bronson, band master;
J. H. Smith, Oval Hart, A. Balue, Preso Rice, George Stout, S. H. Bonebrake, Oscar Stark, Bul Weber, Ariel Stephens, Ed. Karst, Joe a. Shondel,

New York Clipper, May 22, 1897, p. 186.

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