Today is the birthday of Al G. Barnes (Alpheus George Barnes Stonehouse, 1862-1931). Originally from an Ontario Canada farm, legend has it that Barnes started his first show in 1895 with just a pony, a phonograph and a stereopticon. In 1900 he married Dolly Barlow, the sale of whose farm allowed Barnes to purchase several […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:23AM on September 1, 2014