Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
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.
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 […]
Both Bingo and Jackie shared the responsibility of looking after all the animals.
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.
Text Transcript: Bingo Hauser has been bringing the midway to the Alberni District Fall Fair for 45 years, and says he wouldn’t miss it. Pages 3,4,6 & 7
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 […]
Bingo is here having fun with one of the games set up during the early days of West Coast Amusements, a spinning wheel betting game.
Bingo expanded his animal show to more than just the lion, but Simba always remained the star.
