This photo of Clyde and Harriet Beatty was taken in 1945 at the corner of Washington and Hill – the famed Los Angeles showgrounds that will hosted dozens of circuses from the 1890s until 1955.
Clyde Beatty gave hundreds of performances at the lot at Washington and Hill. From his first performance there with Cole Bros. in 1936 until the final wagons rolled off the lot in 1955, Washington and Hill was Beatty’s temporary home Los Anglees home for nearly every year in between.
-Chris Berry