Thursday, March 31, 2011

page 10 (last)
page 9
page 8
page 7
page 6

(the man in the middle was identified as Jack Voise however this in dispute)
One day i will show this to his wife!!!!
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page 3
page 2

10 page article written by Steve Gossard
Curator of Circus Collection
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois
1989

page 1
(used with permission)

Saturday, March 19, 2011

8X10 BLACK ANDWHITE PHOTO

RAIJA DUO Bicycle and Unicycle Balancing
8x10 black and white photo
LOS COMANCHEROS
8X10 B&W PHOTO
Doubleday & Co.
Aerial Gorilla Parody

8X10 Black and White Photo
3 or 3 in this collection
THE JOE ZOPPE FAMILY
8x10 black and white photo
2 of 3 in collection
THE JOE ZOPPE FAMILY

THE ZOPPE INDIAN SPECTACULAR
8X10 black and white photo
(This act appears in the 1976 Harold Bros. Circus Program)
1 of 3 in collection
8x10 black and white photo
MISS BRENDA
8x10 black and white photo

MISS BRENDA
8x10 color photo
New Star: (Aneta Vargas)
Sensational Attraction of Circus, T.V., and Night Clubs
8x10 black and white photo
Stanley Ashton Family
8x10 black and white photo
Uncle Heavy's Pork Chop Review
Rough & Ready, California
Featuring "OINK"
The Singing Pig
glossy 8x10 black and white photo
BLINKO
Internationally Famous Clown

(note: address label on back) :

Ernie Blinko & Maran Burch
1130 W. St. Georges Avenue
Linden, N.J. 07036
8x10 black and white photo

Hugo Zacchini
2603 Fountain Blvd
Tampa 9, Florida

(note: this address is stamped twice on the back)
Born Hugo Timonte Zacchini on October 20th 1898 Peru, South America  to October 20th 1975 California
Would be shot about 200 meters at 90 mph
Had to children: Hugo Anthony Zacchini and Patchay Zacchini

other human cannonball: Zazel (Rossa Matilda Richter)
and George Layal.
The Elkins Sisters
presenting
 postcard format 51/2 x 8 3/4
Las Vegas: Among the outstanding acts were the Elkins Sisters. If there is such a thing as something new in circus acts, this is it. The three Gals are acrobats with trained Afgans and Poodles
San Francisco: joining the sustained and deserved applause for the highly professional Elkins Sisters, who stun the crowd with their beauty and synchronized acro.-Act.

also typed on the back an address:
Kurt Schoppner Elkins, Manager
228 Pine Lane, Justice, Ill  60458
tel: 312/839-8939

This act appears in 1961 Official Program in the Annual Syrian Temple Shrine Circus Cincinnati,Ohio
April 3-8
Display #20

note: 4-14-58 Billboard in Palisades NJ has them on the Clyde Beaty Circus
note2: Puyallup Fair in Washington has them from 1970-1977
note#3: Cal Dodd & Sherisse Laurence welcomed the Elkins Sisters dog act-some Canadian TV I think.
note#4: They also worked under a newer name called The Fabulous Darnells Magic with a Touch of Class
and
Dazzling Darnells Poodle Follies (information gleaned from CircuSpace.Com

Thursday, March 17, 2011

1986 article on Norbu
Three Stooges (wondering what the name of the episode was)
The Beast and the Beauty Play for Belly Laughs
1986 Article about Norbu ( see also pic #107)
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Sunday April 6th 1986
Norbu, the Almost Human Gorilla, grabs a Beauty on Longboat Key. Underneath that gorilla suit is Longboat resident Norbert Kreisch holding his 20 year old daughter, Norby-Arden

(article follows-see pic 106, 107)

Monday, March 14, 2011

4x5 black and white photo
ltr: Eileen Voise, Harold Voise, Bob Porter
markings on left: June 24, 1952
production 1571
carp   38

This photo would indicate that Bob Porter was in the movie Equilibrium as the catcher.
Someone had to catch Harold (Kirk)

WARDROBE STILL
PRODUCTION NO: 1571
DATE 6-10-52
ACTOR; DOUBLE KIRK DOUGLAS
HAROLD VOICE (VOISE)
CHARACTER: PIERRE
CHANGE# 6
JOB 99818-06
SCENE 37
CUSTOMER   R

LEFT SIDE MARKINGS
JUN 10 1952 8186 CARR 147


WARDROPE STILL
EILEEN VOISE
PRODUCTION NUMBER 1571 (1511)
DATE 6-19 (1952)
ACTOR: EILLEN VOISE
CHARACTER: DOUBLE PIER ANGELI
CHANGE 9
DESIGNER: H. ROSE
SCENE: 66 INT WINTER PALACE

LEFT SIDE MARKINGS:
JUNE 19, 1952 PROD 1571 QURK 113