Melba Winey and the Golden Kings
Performer and dear friend, Pat Henry
Photograph by F. A. Williams, Photography Collection,
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Eddie Rosco's beautiful Texas Skip
Gun twirler Eddie and sharpshooter Mary Rosco
Gene Holter's Wild Animal Show
Tex held his breath under Big Babe as the elephant lay on the ground, covering him completely.
Tex giving candy to one of the bears trained by Al Szasz
The biggest challenge that summer was getting the trail horses to accept bear smells in the area because they are natural enemies.
Texas Tommy's dogs
The Roping Rodeo Rascals
Star, Gay, and Dickson
Mary Padfield with the Varner children
Mary cut newspapers an inch at a time to postage-stamp size. She was an expert seamstress as well and designed and made every costume in the photograph, including her own.
Gay and Star in the Red, White, and Blue
It was the sixties! That ruffled-bib shirt style has already come and gone again.
Milt Hinkle, the South-American Kid
"Shake the hand that shook the hand of Bat Masterson!"
