Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
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 […]
The cat rack (also referred to as a punk rack) is a very old and typical carnival game which still exists at many modern carnivals.
“He had ‘Pick Till You Win’, was his favourite, and then he just expanded to the milk bottle, the cat rack. He had a partner, his best buddy […]
“This is kind of a peculiar story, but one of the big snakes that dad got arrived dead. What are you going to do? You got to put […]
“One of the monkeys got loose at one of the fairs and ended up underneath someone’s car hood and they drove to the next town quite a ways, […]
This small mammal, also referred to as a ‘Honey Bear,’ usually lives in tropical areas. One of Laura’s favourite animals that her father Bingo had, definitely a very […]
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.
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 […]
