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Ringling Brothers Circus at Madison Airport

Date: 08 12 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Ringling Brothers Circus at Madison airport from the top of a hangar located on Coolidge between North and Kedzie.
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Capitol Park and Circus Parade

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C...
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Webb Family Album: Look — Laugh

Date: 1920
Description: A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., with images of Caroline Webb (Andrew's mother), Henry P. Jones, and Circus Da...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 03 1956
Description: Six children and an adult posing in front of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper office at 115 South Carroll Street. The children had put on a nei...
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Children Raise Money for Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 20 1956
Description: Children from Shore Acres Road participated in a circus and sold Kool Aid to raise $7.00 for Roundy's Fun Fund. Front row, left to right are: Michael Seife...
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Circus for Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 09 06 1958
Description: Children from Shorewood Hills raised $5 by putting on a circus for Roundy's Fun Fund for handicapped children. Front row from left to right: Patty Flinn, D...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Circus

Date: 04 15 1961
Description: 1,500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts, and their adult volunteers in the Four Lakes Council participated in circus performances at the Dane County ...
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Man with a Badger on a Leash at the UW Circus

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Description: A man is posing with a badger on a leash by the Armory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. He is wearing thickly quilted, light-colored pants, a...
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Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus

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Description: Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus

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Description: Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...

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