October 3, 2012 / Events

Ringling Bros. Clown, Frankie Saluto, visits Holy Family School

Nov. 1, 1968:  Caption of the Pittsburgh Press photograph read: “Merry children move in to measure up to Frankie Saluto, a midget clown with the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. The diminutive child-pleaser found himself swamped with attention during a visit yesterday at Holy Family School in Lawrenceville.”

(Photo by Albert M. Herrmann Jr., Pittsburgh Press)

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