Looking Back

Captured in Time

The Circus Comes to Somers

It’s Springtime, and memories of the circus—no matter how big or how small—arriving in our hometowns might be a vivid memory for us. Brother Aquinas Thomas appears on the far left of this photo. A longtime teacher of psychology at Manhattan College, he was formerly a psychiatric social work supervisor at Lincoln Hall (Lincolndale, NY); the photo (1940s?) is definitely associated with Lincoln Hall. Today, the town of Somers (NY) calls itself “the cradle of the American circus,” and the truck advertises the Somers Circus Museum (a huge circus diorama) as “the Greatest Little Show on Earth.” It is likely beginning a tour at Lincoln Hall to amuse the youngsters.

If you know more about this photo you would like to share, contact Brother Joe Grabenstein (La Salle University Archives) at grabenst@lasalle.edu