Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
This logo featuring Simba the lion is still the logo for West Coast Amusements today.
Bingo expanded his animal show to more than just the lion, but Simba always remained the star.
“The Christmas’ they travelled with the circuit, and then in the winter at the big Eaton store downtown Vancouver they would have big display in there with Santa […]
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 […]
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, […]
