Circus Fans Association of America, National Convention 1990 Plate

Description

Circus Fans Association of America, National Convention Milwaukee Wisconsin 1990 Plate. Measures 8 3/8 inches in diameter.
From Wikipedia:
Charles Philip "Chappie" Fox (May 27, 1913 – September 12, 2003) was a circus historian and philanthropist born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
, who greatly expanded the
Circus World Museum
and helped found the
Great Circus Parade
in Milwaukee.
Fox took over the tiny museum, in
Baraboo, Wisconsin
, in 1960, and began to collect and restore antique circus wagons. These wooden wagons had been built in the late 19th and early 20th century, and lay in disrepair across the
United States
and
Europe
. Today, the museum owns over 200 of these wagons.
In 1963, Fox and Ben Barkin, under the sponsorship of the
Schlitz Brewing Company
, began the Great Circus Parade.
A self-trained circus historian, Fox wrote and edited many books about circus animals, advertising and imagery, and also authored many children's stories. He died of heart disease at a nursing home in Baraboo and is survived by his wife Sophie and daughter, Barbara Fox McKellar.