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Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocdile. McGurk plays "Dixie."
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Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din."
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It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie."
  
 
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Revision as of 06:30, 10 October 2018

Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book If I Ran the Circus. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din."

It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie."

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