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1935 Cole Bros. & Clyde Beatty Circus Parade

Video (improved cuts and enhanced colour) featuring a 1935 Circus Parade in an unknown town. Scroll for more details. ABOUT THE CIRCUS The Great Depression nearly put an end to the Cole Bros. Circus, but in 1934 two veteran circus managers -- Jesse Adkins (1886–1940) and Zack Terrell (1879–1954) -- teamed up to save it. Each had plans to take their own circuses on the road in 1935. Adkins, a native of Van Buren in Grant County, Indiana, planned a 20-car railroad circus and Terrell had plans for a 15-car railroad circus. They formed a partnership still planning to run their separate circuses. Due to financial problems they decided to combine their efforts and produce a 35-car railroad circus. They acquired the Cole Bros. name and formed a circus that rivaled Ringling Bros., the largest American circus of that era. At times Cole Bros. combined with other circuses such as the Robbins Bros. and Clyde Beatty. The circus was home to two noted animal trainers, Clyde Beatty and Allen King, both of whom traveled in their own railroad cars. At that time there were only a few railroad circuses still in operation. On 11 October 1934, The News Sentinel newspaper of Rochester, Indiana, reported that the newly formed Indiana Circus Corporation would establish its winter headquarters in Rochester. The corporation had purchased the land and buildings of the Rochester Bridge Company located in the northeast section of town at the Erie and Nickel Plate railroad crossings. The Erie Railroad ran from Chicago to New York City and the Nickel Plate ran from Indianapolis to Michigan City, Indiana; thus the site provided a convenient location for a traveling circus. The Cole Bros. Circus wintered in Rochester from 1934 to 1940. In 1935 Adkins and Terrell moved the circus on 35 double-length railroad cars, treating townspeople to a giant street parade from the railroad yard to the circus grounds. The tour extended from New York to Oklahoma, from Georgia to Nebraska, with points in between and into Ontario, Canada. That same year famed animal trainer Clyde Beatty (1903–1965) joined Cole Bros. Other notable performers with Cole Bros. at various times included clown Emmett Kelly (1898–1979), animal trainer Allen King, the Zacchini "Human Cannonball" act, the Cristiani Family bareback riders, the Great Wallendas high-wire act, cowboy actor Ken Maynard and actor Burt Lancaster on the flying trapeze. The 1936 tour extended to the West Coast, and by 1937 New England and Quebec were added to the schedule as well. ABOUT ROCHESTER, INDIANA For Rochester people, the existence in their midst of the Cole Bros. Circus was confirmed each May with a gigantic parade and big top performances that opened the touring season. Townfolk also turned out in large numbers at the depot on East Eighth Street to welcome the circus train home each November. These parades down Main Street, often a mile long, were magnificent treats for this small town and the thousands who came to see them. The first one in 1935 started from circus grounds at Baker Field, now the Manitou Heights area along East Ninth Street. Thereafter they began from the Goss Lots, a vacant area southeast of 16th Street and Main that's now dominated by Rumors Night Club and True Value Hardware. The parades were held from 1935 through 1940, excepting 1938. ABOUT THE MENAGERIE The menagerie of Cole Bros. Circus grew to large proportions by 1937. That season it consisted of twenty-one cages, twenty-six elephants, as well as the usual camels and zebras. However, a disappointing 1938 season, shared by the entire circus world, brought the show on the road for 1939 with less than a third of the cages carried the year before. ABOUT THE WAGONS IN THIS VIDEO ASIA Tableau Wagon. In 1934, the wagon was one of many that were sold to Zach Terrell and Jess Adkins that were building their all new Cole Bros. Circus. The wagon was used on the Cole Bros. Circus during the 1935 and continued to be used through their 1938 season. They never used it after that. It remained in the Rochester winter quarters in 1939 and 1940. LION and MIRROR Wagon. Originally built in 1903 for the Barnum & Bailey Circus, this wagon had many owners and was rebuilt several times. It was used by the Cole Brothers Circus (as a Bandwagon) from 1934 to 1938, after which it was put into storage. CAGE Wagons -Allen King #27, signage: ''ALLEN KING'S trained wild animals''; -Clyde Beatty numbers (Lions) 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 26, 27 with ''CLYDE BEATTY Trained Wild Animals'' signage; -Cole Bros. wagon numbers 70 (bandwagon), Monkey cage wagons #9 and #10. ABOUT THE 1935 TIME STAMP The LION and MIRROR wagon was only used during the 1935 & -36 tour. Allen King (cage #27) left the Cole show early in the 1935 season. Therefore it is safe to say that this got to be 1935. source: http://www.circushistory.org/Bandwago...