Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron Bingo Hauser: Trading Fur for Iron North American Carnival Museum and Archives
Bingo met his wife Jackie in 1948, not long after he purchased his lion Simba.
“The German money had taken over the Polish money, so a wheel barrel full of Polish money could only buy a loaf of bread.”
These are the speed skates that belonged to Irvin Hauser, and when he was young he was one of the fastest speed skaters in Brandon, Manitoba.
Close up of black and white photo of an infant’s face. Bingo Hauser was born on October 17th 1926 in Warsaw Poland. His family emigrated to Brandon Manitoba when […]
“Jackie, my mom, she was just so much a part of all of everything dad did. It was always the two of them.”
Jackie jumped right into the animal show business with Bingo once they were married.
See picture of Bingo and his daughter bonding with lion cubs.
This is an early example of a West Coast Amusements midway.
An inspector once tried to feed this lion vegetables. Knowledge of animals during this time was limited and definitely not as widespread as it is today. Lions are […]
Stuffed animal toys like the ones seen in this picture were more typical by this time, and are commonly found at carnivals today.
In this photo Bingo is driving this large vehicle to haul Christmas trees during the off-season, a way of earning money when there was no revenue from the […]
This ‘V Liner’ truck was Bingo and Jackie’s first vehicle to haul the amusement rides. The V liner had a 549 international engine.
