Los Angeles Herald, November 19, 1905. Americans in the 19th and early 20th century were nuts about "wild men," which is why circus geeks were a popular attraction: It was like a chance to see Bigfoot in captivity. Everybody knew wild men were out there in the wilderness: Newspapers at this time would report rural sightings [...]
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Lincoln Beachey shows off his daredevil flying skills at Niagara Falls on June 27, 1911. A century ago Beachey won a $1,500 prize in Orlando when he made the first powered airplane flight in Florida in a contest sponsored by the organizers of the Sub-Tropical Mid-Winter Exposition, now the Central Florida Fair. (Library of Congress) Smell the [...] Circus History: Frank Skerbeck, Sr. (1847-1921)’s father traded a linen factory for a small circus about 1857 in what is now Czechoslovakia. The Skerbeck Circus toured Europe 1871-1876. Eventually the circus went broke. Frank’s son, Frank, Jr., learned trapeze skills and how to swallow a sword. In 1880 Frank, Jr. sailed to America and bought a “grape farm” [...] |
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