Dr. Louis A Picard

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Chapter 6
Still Friends: The Picard Family and the Entertainment Industry (1928-1965)

Amelia Earhart
Frank A. Picard, Liquor Conttol Commissioner, Beatrice Picard and Clyde Beatty, c. 1934
Broadcasting Magazine, September 10, 1951. This appears to be a bit of broadcasting hype. There is evidence that the two met a number of times in the 1930s and 1940s.
Harriet and Clyde Beatty with Arthur Arnold Jr., Theol Arnold and Theol Marie Arnold, c. 1940
Earl Shipley in the 1950s. Written by Earl Shipley in 1924: ”Name: Earl Shipley - ‘only a clown.’ Address: anywhere U.S.A.”Address: “The Billboard, Chicago, Ill.” Earl Shipley and Vince Picard met in 1924 when he joined the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus.
Orrin Davenport and Clyde Beatty, 1960 at Shrine Circus