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The Paris Review - The Story of a Photograph from …
Jul 6, 2016 · Ralph Emerson's famous photo of Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie, a clown carrying a bucket of water toward a fire. Learn about the tragic fire that killed 167 people, the legend of Kelly's tear, and the mystery of the second …
Hartford circus fire - Wikipedia
The fire began as a small flame after the lions performed, on the southwest sidewall of the tent, while The Flying Wallendas were performing. Circus bandleader Merle Evans was said to have been the first to spot the flames and immediately directed the band to play "The Stars and Stripes Forever", a musical composition that traditionally signaled distress to all circus personnel. Ringmaster Fred Bradna urged the audience not to panic and to leave in an orderly fashion, but …
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseEmmett Kelly - Wikipedia
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979) was an American circus performer, who created the clown character "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseWhen the Greatest Show on Earth burned: The …
Jun 27, 2020 · Outside, Emmett Kelly, dressed in his Weary Willie outfit, saw the blaze and grabbed a bucket of water, but the fire was so advanced there was nothing he could do with it. A photo of the sad...
The Day The Clowns Cried – The Story Of The Hartford Circus …
Sep 23, 2021 · Pictures of the Hartford circus fire, as well as those of "Little Miss 1565" and "sad clown" Emmett Kelly carrying water in a futile attempt to stop the blaze, created a tragically …
Vintage Video - The Hartford Circus Fire ~ July 6, 1944
Watch raw footage and rare photos of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus in Hartford, Connecticut, before and after the tragic fire that killed 168 people. See clown …
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Emmett Kelly - The Circus Ring of Fame
Emmett Kelly was a famous clown who created the character Weary Willie. He was photographed rushing to help extinguish the fire that killed 168 people in Hartford, Connecticut in 1944.
The Great Tragedy of the Hartford Circus Fire and …
There’s a famous photo of “Weary Willy,” a clown played by Emmett Kelly, in dripping makeup and charred clothes rushing with a bucket of water. In fact, the fire was referenced in several newspapers as “The Day the Clowns Cried.”
Life Mag Jul 44 - The Hartford Circus Fire ~ July 6, 1944
Life magazine, July 17, 1944 - has a short 1 page article about the fire, accompanied by the famous photo of Emmett Kelly carrying a water pail.
The Hartford Circus Fire - HartfordHistory.net
Using film footage and photos of the fire as well as "interviews with the people who were there," the documentary "recalls the horrors of the fire, the search for its cause, and the aftermath of the tragedy on the community and the circus …
Emmett Kelly Famous Circus Clown
In 1944 Emmett is depicted in a famous photograph while in clown wardrobe during the Hartford fire, futilely fighting the flames with buckets of water. On April 20, 1955 Kelly married Elvira Gebhardt a circus performer from Germany.
Hartford Circus Fire Memorial - Atlas Obscura
Aug 2, 2010 · Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history. Been Here? Want to Visit? One of the stone markers that tell the story of the fire. The grave in Northwood …
Window on the Past: The Triumph of a Sad Clown - Irish America
Kelly in a 1953 Life Magazine photo. The extraordinarily gifted Emmett Kelly, who turned clowning into an art form. Though he was most certainly a clown, Emmett Kelly’s …
The Deadliest Fires in U.S. History: The Hartford Circus Fire - QRFS
Nov 12, 2019 · This web page does not contain any photos of Emmett Kelly, the famous clown who performed at the Hartford Circus Fire in 1944. It describes the tragic fire that killed 167 …
SAD CLOWN: THE TRAGIC LEGACY OF WEARY WILLY
Dec 9, 2019 · A photograph taken of him on that fateful day was featured in Life Magazine, a surreal image of a clown heading toward the burning big top with a small bucket of water. The …
Remembering The Tragic Hartford Circus Fire 77 Years Later
Jul 6, 2021 · about eight minutes according to eyewitness survivors, trapping hundreds of spectators beneath it. Because of a picture that appeared in several newspapers of sad tramp …
1944 The Hartford Courant front page reporting Hartford Circus …
Download this stock image: 1944 The Hartford Courant front page reporting Hartford Circus Fire Disaster - F22F1F from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations …
The living survivors of the Hartford circus fire still carry the scars ...
Jun 27, 2019 · Below, in an interactive oral history of that day, you will hear them speak about losing parents amid the desperate crush to flee the inferno, read about how they’ve learned to …
Emmett Kelly (American Circus Performer) ~ Bio Wiki | Photos
Sep 23, 2024 · Kelly is depicted in a famous photograph, still in full clown make-up and costume, trying to extinguish the flames of the devastating Hartford Circus Fire that struck the Circus on …
Emmett Kelly - SHSMO Historic Missourians
Emmett Kelly as “Weary Willie” [Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Joseph Janney Steinmetz photographic collection (N2011-7)] Full Name: Emmett Leo Kelly Sr. Born: …
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