The Greatest Clown Rider on Earth -- August 11, 2022

Ogden Standard-Examiner, 27-August-1922

100 years ago this month, the Sells-Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show came to Ogden, Utah. Poodles Hanneford, "The Greatest Clown Rider on Earth." In 1923, he began appearing in short comedies. He played bit parts and cameos in sound films and television programs until the early 1960s.

The Big Show of the World! -- September 19, 2017

San Francisco Call, 05-September-1896

The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus appeared at San Francisco's Central Park, near 8th and Market Streets.  Adam Forepaugh was a pioneering American circus owner.    

Sells-Floto Now the Greatest Circus in the World -- August 21, 2017

Variety, 13-April-1923

The Sells-Floto Circus visited Chicago in April, 1923.  I would like to see The Great Schubert, "The Aerial Enigma." 

Sells-Floto Circus Special -- April 19, 2017

San Francisco Call, 28-April-1912

The Sells-Floto Circus visited San Francisco in May, 1912.  It purchased a full-page ad in the San Francisco Call.  "If Laughing Makes You Sick, Take a Doctor With You."  Be sure to click on the image to see a larger version.