Pansy the Roller-Skating Cow

"'Pansy' the Roller-Skating Cow, featuring Rose, Betty, and Harry Rapp (A Rapp & Rapp Production)."

Pansy the Roller-Skating Cow performed for fairs, carnivals, and circuses throughout the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. Other than some newspaper ads and brief mentions in Billboard magazine that turned up in Google searches, I haven't been able to locate any information regarding Pansy or the Rapps.

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wintorbos ^club

That one couldn't be improved on.

Just checked newspapers.com -- "Pansy the Roller Skating Cow" turned up in 6 ads in Pennsylvania and Iowa newspapers from 1940 to 1956, always at small-town summer fairs, and often accompanied by "Tipsy the Drunk". Nothing else and no reference to the Rapps.

9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.

John FitzGerald ^club

I've had worse jobs.

9 years ago.

Alan Mays ^club has replied

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Thanks for the info! I wonder if one of the Rapps played Tipsy the Drunk. Hopefully additional information about this interesting act will eventually turn up.

9 years ago.

Alan Mays ^club has replied

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Ha ha, I've had one or two jobs like that, too!

9 years ago.

April Riehl

I knew Harry and Rose Rapp all my life. Betty mentioned here was my great aunt. My grandmother performed as a contortionist with them. What do you want to know about them? They were much older when I knew them but I was in their home and dance studio and saw a lot of the equipment they used and things they had.

2 years ago.

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