Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
“The big reason for the animals, getting out of that, there was more and more zoos coming into being, and then television, then the public just wasn’t paying […]
“I remember there was a meat market called Eddie Jones’ Meat Market, not too far from Jackie and Bingo’s house. And so, I didn’t know the Hausers at […]
“In the off season that’s where we had the winter quarters in Langley. Oh, there was a big barn with a big wood burning stove that kept the […]
“Simba was the first animal, then I remember pictures of mom and dad, they had Blackie the bear (a little black bear), then they got a few monkeys, […]
This is another animal show featured with Conklin Shows (at ‘Frolic-Land’).
Bingo expanded his animal show to more than just the lion, but Simba always remained the star.
Here is Jackie as a bally for the Jungle Compound animal menagerie that she and Bingo ran together.
Bingo seemed drawn towards the animals, he likely was carrying the monkey around as part of a bally act to draw crowds.
Simba the lion was the first ‘asset’ Bingo acquired in the carnival. This was the start of his animal show and a bond with this lion that he […]
Bingo met his wife Jackie in 1948, not long after he purchased his lion Simba.
Caption reads ‘This film is from Prelinger Archives San Francisco www.prelinger.com.’ Black and white film: circus comes into town by train. A lot is being unloaded including wagons, […]
A circus show with both elephants and performers doing tricks for the audience.
