Circus in Delaware

The Big Top for the Cole Bros. Circus goes up in it's new location at Blue Diamond Park .

The ends of the Big Top which were pulled up by the elephants in the old days are now done by human hands.

The Big Top begins to take shape.

Human labor takes the place of the elephants that used to be used to pull up the Big Top.

As if posing for a family portrait the elephants line up waiting for fans to come feed them apples and carrots. Visitors get to feed the elephants as the big top is being erected for a weekend's worth of old fashioned circus fun. The Cole Bros. Circus arrives back in town , but at a new location on the grounds of Blue Diamond Park.

One of the bigger elephants. Visitors get to feed the elephants as the big top is being erected for a weekend's worth of old fashioned circus fun. The Cole Bros. Circus arrives back in town , but at a new location on the grounds of Blue Diamond Park.

The two smallest elephants are like two puppies playing as they wait for visitors to arrive and feed them apples and carrots

The two smallest elephants are like two puppies playing as they wait for visitors to arrive and feed them apples and carrots

The two smallest elephants are like two puppies playing as they wait for visitors to arrive and feed them apples and carrots

The two smallest elephants are like two puppies playing as they wait for visitors to arrive and feed them apples and carrots

The two smallest elephants are like two puppies playing. Visitors get to feed the elephants as the big top is being erected for a weekend's worth of old fashioned circus fun. The Cole Bros. Circus arrives back in town , but at a new location on the grounds of Blue Diamond Park.

Destiny Vitali 14 watches brother Donald 12 as he throws an apple to the elephants. Visitors get to feed the elephants as the big top is being erected for a weekend's worth of old fashioned circus fun.

An excited but nervous Donna DeCarlo hands food to one of the elephants.