Ringling Bros. Circus Clowns 1970's Photo Gallery by Marshall Davis at pbase.com

Ringling Bros. Circus Clowns 1970's

A few pictures of clown friends from Ringling Bros. Circus, taken in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Md. in the early 70's
If you're interested in any of the pictures, contact me and I can clean them up and re-post them.

Otto Griebling backstage in Washington, D.C.	Otto working the crowd	Lou Jacobs with Knucklehead in an elephant suit	Lou Jacobs with Knucklehead
Lou Jacobs backstage	That calliope was very very loud!	Lou Jacobs next to his trunk	In a walkaround
Danny (?) gets fed in Baltimore	Bobby Kaye in clown alley	60774054.scan0003a.jpg

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Roy CLemans		17-Nov-2013 05:27
Hello ... In the late 70's/early 80's when RIngling Brothers Circus appeared in San Francisco, I escorted its "Buttons" the Clown to Bay Area radio and TV stations for pre-circus performance promotions. "Buttons" was a former member of the U>S> Military, and becuase I always picked him up from the Cow Palace where his trailor was parked, he was already fully dressed in his clown attire. Can anyone identify this "Buttons" for me and possibly advise me as to his current whereabouts? Many thanks in advance.

Steve		08-Apr-2007 02:00
My neighbor is Fred Freeman. Son of Fredie Freeman. Although the relationship was not very good, I can tell he is very proud of his Dad. He will not admit this, but has lots of memorbillia.

Guest		21-Sep-2006 22:19
Did you know Otto very well? Could you repost the 2 of Otto for me? Thank you.

Mark Buthman		07-Jun-2006 17:06
That's Briscoe behind Danny and Uncle Soapy

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