real flying act that i once saw and was able to measure. whenever i went to a circus, i would take all kinds of photos and get some new ideas.
this is what you’d call a typical scene—a boy trying to sneak into the big top. i never did myself. i used to work for my ticket (sometime in late ‘40s early ‘50s). i’d go and talk to someone at the circus in the morning and help set up, carrying chairs, or tables or whatever. i’d stay all day into the night when they tore it down. one time, i was about 10-years-old and a performer called me out into the 