Hagenback, Lion Trainer
Posted by admin | Posted in Wiggle Animations | Posted on 29-11-2009
Tagged Under : animal, animation, circus, hagenbach, history, illusions, indiana, karl, lions, performer, photograph, stereo card, stereoscopic, trainer, vintage, wiggle
1905 - Group of Lions, Hagenbach's
Karl Hagenbach of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus (Peru, Indiana). Hagenbach was a pioneer in big animal training. Traditionally they were trained out of fear and whipped. Hagenbach used reward based training. In 1913, the circus lost 8 elephants, 21 lions and tigers and 8 performing horses in the Wabash River flood. In June of 1918, one of the worst circus wrecks in history, 86 people died and 127 were injured when a sleeping locomotive operator crashed into the Hagenback-Wallace train. Using the catch phrase “the show must go on”, Ringling Bros. and several other circus outfits lent the troops equipment and as a result only two events were canceled.
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1923 Barnum Clowns
Posted by admin | Posted in Wiggle Animations | Posted on 24-11-2009
Tagged Under : 1900s, animation, bailey, barnum, circus, clown, history, humor, stage, stereo card, stereoscopic, wiggle
1923 - Barnum's clown -- woman holding weights labelled 250 lb. over clown lying on floor
1909 - Piccadilly Circus, London
Posted by admin | Posted in Wiggle Animations | Posted on 18-10-2009
Tagged Under : 1900s, animation, circus, coventry st., england, history, london, photograph, piccadilly, stereo card, stereoscopic, vintage, wiggle
1909 - The heart of the West End, Piccadilly Circus, Coventry St., in the distance, London, England

