Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
“The German money had taken over the Polish money, so a wheel barrel full of Polish money could only buy a loaf of bread.”
These are the speed skates that belonged to Irvin Hauser, and when he was young he was one of the fastest speed skaters in Brandon, Manitoba.
Close up of black and white photo of an infant’s face. Bingo Hauser was born on October 17th 1926 in Warsaw Poland. His family emigrated to Brandon Manitoba when […]
Showmen’s Prayer Transcript: O my God, I believe in You, I trust in You, I thank you for all my blessings, I love you and ask you for […]
“Jackie, my mom, she was just so much a part of all of everything dad did. It was always the two of them.”
Jackie jumped right into the animal show business with Bingo once they were married.
See picture of Bingo and his daughter bonding with lion cubs.
Fireworks go off along with other special added graphics for the introduction, title reads ‘OABA 2012 Hall of Fame.’ A joke picture of an older Bingo, with his […]
This is an early example of a West Coast Amusements midway.
An inspector once tried to feed this lion vegetables. Knowledge of animals during this time was limited and definitely not as widespread as it is today. Lions are […]
Stuffed animal toys like the ones seen in this picture were more typical by this time, and are commonly found at carnivals today.
In this photo Bingo is driving this large vehicle to haul Christmas trees during the off-season, a way of earning money when there was no revenue from the […]
