how much money does a circus juggler earn per year?

Answer 1

we're waiting for you top do ur tax returns............

Answer 2

`12 bills

Answer 3

Great Wallace Shows Steam Calliope, Mrs. A. Morton Smith photo.
The beautiful chariot type steam calliope featuring the large dragon carving as shown in the illustration is the favorite of many circus wagon fans. Many have told me that it was their favorite steam calliope, and truly it was a beautiful wagon.

It was built for the Great Wallace Shows by the Sullivan and Eagle Wagon Firm of Peru, Indiana. Some say 1899 was the year it was built and although I can't say positively if that is correct it is very nearly so. It was used by the Great Wallace Shows through the 1906 season. In the winter of 1906-07 the show's owner, B. E. Wallace, purchased the Carl Hagenbeck Trained Animal Show, and for the 1907 season put on the road the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus using the best equipment of both shows. The surplus equipment was sold, and this steam calliope went to the Campbell Bros. Great Consolidated Shows, a good sized railroad circus out of Fairbury, Nebraska, that was owned by A. C., Doc, Ed, and Virge Campbell, and Fred Hatfield.

The calliope was on the Campbell Bros. Circus for the 1907 through 1912 seasons. In late summer 1912 the show experienced financial trouble and was sold to William P. Hall and shipped to his quarters at Lancaster, Mo. At the time the show traveled on 26 cars, including 2 advance, 7 stocks, 11 flats, and 6 coaches.

In 1913 a railroad show was organized using the Campbell Bros. equipment and went out from Lancaster using the name of Cole Bros. Greater World Toured Shows. The Campbells and Fred Hatfield continued to share in the management although the title to the equipment was still held by Hall. Although I have no definite proof, it can be assumed I think that the steam calliope that had been used by Campbell in 1912 would have gone out on the 1913 Cole show. In any event the calliope was the property of William P. Hall.

Details as to what shows the calliope may have gone out on during the years 1914 through 1919, if any, seem to be missing. During those intervening years several railroad shows went out from the Hall farm in Lancaster, all under more or less the same circumstances. A group of individuals would organize the show and lease the physical circus property from Hall and would begin the tour in the Spring, but in almost every case after a few weeks or months the show would blow up, and Hall would repossess his property and ship it back to Lancaster to await the next promoter. For example Barton & Bailey went out in 1915, and Orton Bros. tried it in 1916, both small railroad shows, but neither lasting very long and the property ending back at Lancaster. It is entirely possible that this steam calliope went out on some of the Hall equipped shows during those years, but I have no evidence at all to prove such was the case.

During the winter of 1919-20, Rhoda Royal, Dan C. Hawn, and Harry Hunt organized at Valdosta, Ga. the Rhoda Royal Hippodrome and Old Buffalo Wild West Shows. A small railroad gilly type show that Rhoda Royal had out in 1919 was enlarged to a flat car type circus consisting of 15 cars which included 1 advance, 3 stocks, 7 flats, and 4 coaches. Most of the equipment came from the Hall farm, and included was this steam calliope.

It remained on the Rhoda Royal show for the 1920 and 1921 seasons, and went out for the 1922 season which lasted only a couple weeks. The 1922 season opened March 15 at Biloxi, Miss., and closed April 7 at Troy, Ala. The equipment was sent to Vandevier Park in Montgomery, Ala., which was the winter quarters of the Mugivan and Bowers owned circus, Gollmar Bros., which went out in 1922. The calliope plus the rest of the Rhoda Royal equipment now becomes "lost" to this observer. Several have told me they remember seeing the Rhoda Royal equipment in Montgomery the following winter but what finally happened to it I have been unable to determine. I feel sure it didn't get to another circus or surely we would have some information on that. There is a possibility it did get to some carnival, especially the steam calliope, because in those days many carnivals carried steamers for lot concerts and other bally purposes.



Carl Hagenbeck Steam Calliope, P. M. McClintock photo.
The other illustration shows the steam calliope of the Carl Hagenbeck Trained Animal Show. The wagon was built by the Bode Wagon Works of Cincinnati in the winter of 1904-05 for the Carl Hagenbeck Circus. It remained on the show the two years 1905 and 1906 the show was on the road. In 1907 the steam calliope was placed on B. E. Wallace's combined Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus. Wallace probably selected the calliope over his other one because it was newer, but few fans will say it was more attractive. It remained on the show until sometime in 1917 or 1918. The last photo I have showing it on Hagenbeck-Wallace is 1916. It has been the common belief of most wagon historians that the calliope was destroyed in a wreck in 1917 or 1918. Several minor wrecks occurred during that period but we have never seemed to be able to pinpoint just what wreck destroyed it. A large chariot type bandwagon which Bode had built in the early 1900's for the Great Wallace Shows was also supposedly destroyed in the same wreck. The calliope was gone before the tragic Gary wreck in 1918 which took such a heavy toll of life. That wreck involved destruction of the coaches by a rear end collision, hence the heavy loss of life, but little or no damage to the wagons loaded on the flats in front of the train.

If someone can tell us just what finally did happen to both the calliopes mentioned in this article by all means write in and fell us, and we will fully air your comments next issue.

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List of Name Wagons
Compiled by William White. Bandwagon, Vol. 2, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1958, pp. 5-6.
Aeolian Music Wagon

1903 Africa Tableau, Barnum & Bailey, made by Sebastian.

1893 Ali Baba and Thieves, Barnum & Bailey.

1893 Alladin and His Lamp, Barnum & Bailey.

1881 Alligator Float, P. T. Barnum.

1903 American Float, Barnum & Bailey, made by Sebastian.

1850 Apollonicon, Spaulding & Rogers, made by Henry Green.

1848 Armamaxa or Persian Chariot, Welch Delevan & Nathan.

1903 Asia Tableau, Barnum & Bailey, made by Sebastian.

1893 Beauty and the Beast, Barnum & Bailey.

1919 Belgium or India Tab, U. S. Motorized Show, made by Bode.

1888 Bell Tableau, Adam Forepaugh.

1892 Bells of Moscow, Ringling Bros., made by Moeller.

1880's Blue Beard Float, Sells Bros.

1893 Blue Beard Tableau, Barnum & Bailey.

1894 Blue Midway Plaiance, Walter L. Main.

1893 Caledonia Bandwagon, Barnum & Boiley.

1881 Canopy Bandwogon, P, T. Barnum.

1893 Capt. Smith and Pocaliontas, Barnum & Bailey.

1876 Car of Commerce, Howes Great London.

1853 Car of the Juggernaut, P. T. Barnum.

1877 Car of Liberty, Montgomery Queen.

1881 Chariot of Neptune, P. T. Barnum.

1919 China Tableau, U, S. Motorized Show, made by Bode.

1893 Cinderella Coach, Barnum & Bailey.

1880's Cinderella Float, Sells Bros.

1878 Cleopatra's Barge, Adam Forepough.

1902 Columbia Bandwagon, Forepaugh-Sells, made by Moeller.

1893 Columbus Tableau, Barnum & Bailey.

1877 Declaration of Independence Tab, Demonstration Tableau, Montgomery Queen.

Dragon Bandwagon, John Robinson made by Ohlson.

1893 Dragon Chariot, Barnum & Bailey.

1849 Dragon Chariot, Crane & Co. Oriental.

1855 Great Dragon Chariot, Sands & Nathan & Co.

1861 Dragon Chariot, Lent's National.

1861 Dragon Chariot of the Ancients, P. T. Barnum.

1894 Dragonia Bandwagon, Walter L. Main,

1888 Eagle Tableau, Adam Forepaugh.

Eagle Tableau, Great Wallace.

1851 East India Car, R. Sands & Co's.

Egypt Tableau, Adam Forepough, made by Sebastian,

1912 Egypt Tableau, Ringling Bros.

1905 Elephant Bandwagon, Great Floto Show, built at Winterquarters.

1920 Elephant Bandwagon, Al G. Barnes, built at Winterquarters.

1905 Elephant Bandwagon, Carl Hagenbeck, made by Bode.