BARNUM'S LAST CLOWN - "BOB" SHERWOOD + Circus Genealogy

Description: "THE LAST OF BARNUM’S CLOWNS" WHAT A GREAT STORY!!! Custom Search Genealogy Images Of History! Type in your family name or a specific topic you are looking for. Search titles and descriptions. AT LAST, WORD WAS GIVEN THAT THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS COMING TO THE CIRCUS The incorrigible clown, Bob Sherwood, had listened to all the rules – do not approach the Royal Box closer than twenty feet – salute the royal party – but he was a clown – one of the greatest – so he put on his greatest act. Walking over to within ten feet of the box, he grotesquely pantomimed the cleaning of his hands by vigorously rubbing them on his costume. Then, putting on his most engaging grin, walked right up to the box and proffered his hand to the QUEEN OF ENGLAND. BARNUM NEARLY PASSED OUT! Well, you won’t ever read a circus story so great. Filled with hi-jinks: here’s one - seems that the Prince of Wales was an acquaintance of star bronco-buster Bucky Taylor. During their conversations, the Prince expressed a desire to ride one of the wild ones so old Bucky had it framed up to take a led bronco and let the chips (Prince) fall where they may. Trouble was, the equestrian director got wind of the scheme and learned that Bucky had picked for the Prince’s ride: OLD STEAMBOAT “the meanest piece of horse flesh ever foaled.” This is story as originally written. There were many great circus stories published – the little known ones show up on Ebay every day but the rarer ones never make it. Collectors treasure them and very hard to find. I hunt them out cause really the better, untold and rarer stories were published in the rest. ANCESTORS INDEXED HEREIN, CIRCA: 1860S – 1927 ANCESTOR’S LOCATION: UNITED STATES, ENGLAND NAMES, PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS (* indicates pictured): AYMAR, Fred and Madame, Comedy Readers BARNUM, P. T. CASTELLO, Don, Pantomimist and Jester COOP, William C., General Manager D’ATALIE, First Iron-Jawed Man FISK, Jim HAMILTON, Tody HURD, Samuel H., Treasurer JAPANESE TOMMY * JOIGNEREY, Monsieur LACARDO, Frank * LIND, Jenny LUSBIE, Ben, Ticket-Seller MARIMBA, King of an African Tribe PRINCE OF WALES (King Edward VII) QUEEN VICTORIA RICE, Dan (Daniel McLaren), Famous Clown SALSBURY, Nate, Captain SEBASTIAN, Romeo, Equestrian SHERWOOD, Robert Edmund “Bob” * STANLEY, Henry M., Explorer TAYLOR, Bucky THUMB, Tom TWAIN, Mark WASHINGTON, George, General ZAZEL, Mademoiselle, Human Cannon-Ball PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS Picture 1: A Clown of many friendships. Bob Sherwood (1927), ever adding new friends to the roster of his old ones, which embraced Mark Twain, Barnum, Jim Fisk, Dan Rice, Tom Thumb and many other notables. Picture 2: Three Clowns that beat Two Pairs. On the reader’s left is Bob Sherwood at nine, when he was apprenticed to Dan Rice. The big and little figures are those of Frank Lacardo and Japanese Tommy. Cop of a daguerreotype made in 1867. Picture 3: A “Hit” at Twenty-one. ‘Twas at that age that Bob Sherwood first sang his famous clown song, “Caroline” – and here he is in the act. Picture 4: Fred and Eddie Stone. The old clown’s pupils – he taught them the rudiments of acrobatic work, and this is their first professional photograph. PLACES AND THINGS PROMINENTLY MENTIONED: Africa Barnum’s “Great Roman Hippodrome” Bowery Bridgeport, Connecticut Deelmonico’s, New York City “Feejee Mermaid” Galena, Illinois “Greatest Show on Earth” Libby Hotel, New York City “Life of P. T. Barnum” London Long Branch, New Jersey Madison Square Garden Mount Vernon New York and New Haven Railroad New York City Old Steamboat, horse Rotten Row in London Royal Box Royal Marimba Band “Sacred White Elephant from Siam” “The Black Crook” Washington Hotel, New York City “Woolly Horse” This is a FOUR PAGE ITEM, saved from destruction from a rarely found magazine. Approximate Size: 8 1/2 x 12 inches We don't give out name of publication or date because we have caught competitors copying our index and work and trying to sell it as theirs. We hope you understand. This complete index will be printed and included in this offering at no additional cost. We are trying to keep history alive. Hope you appreciate the effort Folks, sooner or later, Genealogists are going to realize that their family kinfolks are laying on some dealer's dusty shelves. If we can contribute to finding one little name or photo of that long lost ancestor you have been waiting to find, it's worth all the time we spend. As a tribute to the honor of our American Ancestors, Forefathers, Soldiers, and our Native American Indians, our indexed listings will include all names mentioned in the story from this time on. THIS INDEX IS A GENEALOGYIMAGESOFHISTORY COPYRIGHTED PRESENTATION Multiple Purchase Discounts on Regular Priced Items only

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