How very appropriate! Just as the Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to Trenton in May 2010, so too did the circus arrive in Trenton on May 1st 122 years ago! This ad was originally one long column taking up a full page of the Daily State Gazette. In order to bring it to a computer monitor for the best legibility, I had to break it down from one column to 3. I also had to give it a bit of circus color with the yellow and red enhancementsm and the little graphic on the lower right which I downloaded from the web. Of particular interest is the location on "North Clinton Street near Hart Avenue."
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
1889: BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS COMES TO TRENTON
How very appropriate! Just as the Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to Trenton in May 2010, so too did the circus arrive in Trenton on May 1st 122 years ago! This ad was originally one long column taking up a full page of the Daily State Gazette. In order to bring it to a computer monitor for the best legibility, I had to break it down from one column to 3. I also had to give it a bit of circus color with the yellow and red enhancementsm and the little graphic on the lower right which I downloaded from the web. Of particular interest is the location on "North Clinton Street near Hart Avenue."
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
1946: CARNIVALS: THOSE WERE THE DAYS
THE PAGES OF THE PAST ARE FILLED WITH CARNIVALS ALL OVER THE MERCER COUNTY AREA. HERE'S AN INTERESTING ONE WHERE THE GUYS AND GALS AT THE RUSLING AND WHITE HORSE VFD COMPANYS JOINED FORCES AND HELD THEIR CARNIVAL IN DE COU VFD'S AREA.
THANKFULLY OUR OWN ST. GREGORY THE GREAT PARISH IS KEEPING THE FLAME BURNING WITH THEIR ANNUAL AND VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CARNIVALS. FOR MANY YEARS WHEN I WAS A PARISHIONER AT ST. ANTHONY PARISH, I WAS THE "BILLY BIGELOW" BARKER AT OUR ANNUAL CARNIVAL. AS ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CARNIVAL WORK WILL ATTEST, IT IS A GREULING ORDEAL; HOT HUMID NIGHTS, UN-EXPECTED PROBLEMS AND IN THE CASE OF ST. ANTHONY, ONE OF THE REASONS CARNIVALS WERE DISPENSED WITH: TROUBLE MAKERS WHO ARE THERE ONLY TO START FIGHTS. A TIP OF THE HAT TO ALL THOSE LOYAL ST. GREG'S PARISHIONERS WHO GIVE SO UN-SELFISHLY OF THEMSELVES EVERY YEAR!
THANKFULLY OUR OWN ST. GREGORY THE GREAT PARISH IS KEEPING THE FLAME BURNING WITH THEIR ANNUAL AND VERY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CARNIVALS. FOR MANY YEARS WHEN I WAS A PARISHIONER AT ST. ANTHONY PARISH, I WAS THE "BILLY BIGELOW" BARKER AT OUR ANNUAL CARNIVAL. AS ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN CARNIVAL WORK WILL ATTEST, IT IS A GREULING ORDEAL; HOT HUMID NIGHTS, UN-EXPECTED PROBLEMS AND IN THE CASE OF ST. ANTHONY, ONE OF THE REASONS CARNIVALS WERE DISPENSED WITH: TROUBLE MAKERS WHO ARE THERE ONLY TO START FIGHTS. A TIP OF THE HAT TO ALL THOSE LOYAL ST. GREG'S PARISHIONERS WHO GIVE SO UN-SELFISHLY OF THEMSELVES EVERY YEAR!Thursday, May 04, 2006
1892: The Circus Comes to Town
The Barnum and Bailey Circus comes to the area, featuring "The Greatest Show on Earth." This is actually two scans. The left is the broadside as published in the True American, and the article on the right has some interesting impressions as stated by members of the area who attended the spectacle.
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