Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
Jackie the lion was born in 1951, one of the first lions obtained by the Hausers after Simba.
Bingo had a black bear named Blackie as part of his animal show.
West Coast Amusements started with the classic rides like the Ferris wheel and carousel, and then added more thrill rides like the Loop-O-Plane and the Scrambler.
Bingo is at the head of the snake to left of the photo and next to him is Billy Captain. Snakes were a big part of Bingo’s animal show, […]
This is an example of a bannerline created for Bingo’s animal show. Bingo and Jackie later built a much larger one as their show grew.
See early carousel belonging to West Coast Amusements, the start of what eventually would be the largest carnival midway in Western Canada.
A Loop-O-Plane ride set up at a West Coast Amusements carnival.
Text Transcript: Title: Bingo’s Big Show Still going strong at age 83, the patriarch of the Hauser family and founder of West Coast Amusements spreads joy across British […]
“And the Showmen’s League, I think it would start when the show was smaller he would book on Meeker Shows, and Ballenger, they would come up from the […]
“It was just dad’s passion for the business, he loved it so much he just got involved with all of these groups, and the Port Alberni Kinsmen, gosh, […]
“Its definitely a lot more sophisticated. From electrical procedures changing, just becoming a lot safer, the ride inspections that are regularly done. I think even labour relations is […]
This game is much like the ‘One Shot’ game that Bob Hauser had during the early days of West Coast Amusements. The aim is to hit the balloons […]
