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Shriner Circus Sideshow

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Description: Dell Hammel offering tickets for a Shriner Circus sideshow of Dancing Girls. There are good indications that this photograph has been manipulated and is a ...
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"Bumpsy" Anthony, Circus Clown

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Description: Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent.
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Clown in Polka-Dotted Suit

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Description: A clown wearing a small hat with a feather, a polka-dotted suit, and large gloves, stands near a tent.
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Spader Johnson the Clown

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Description: Spader Johnson dressed as a clown.
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Female Snake Charmer

Date: 1935
Description: A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children.
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Circus Performers

Date: 1935
Description: Circus performer Harriet Hodgini, sits on the gate of a truck helping Otto Griebling, a circus clown, apply his makeup.
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Clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus

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Description: A clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus standing outside a tent near a wagon, with his left hand holding onto a tent rope. He is wearing a beret-style hat,...
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Female Circus Performer

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Description: A female Cole Brothers Circus performer is shown in costume, wearing a tall plumed hat, with a tent as a backdrop.
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Clowns with Circus Performer

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Description: A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set.
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Circus Clowns in "Clown Alley"

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Description: A group of 20+ circus clowns posing informally while preparing for the ring.
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Miles Orton Circus Personnel

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Description: Personnel of the old Miles Orton Circus outside a tent in their 1891-92 New Orleans' quarters.
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Walter L. Main Circus Personnel

Date: 1904
Description: Personnel of the Walter L. Main show in 1904 and 1905, photographed outside a tent, include clowns, the driver of a four horse chariot, and air performers....
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Female Circus Performer

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Description: Rose Dockrill of Delavan, Wisconsin. A female circus performer described as "a swell artist and fine looker and dresser."
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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
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Circus Bareback Rider

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Description: Seated portait of Amelia Feeley, supposedly the first circus bareback rider to perform in long dresses. Ms. Feeley hold a fan in her lap.
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Circus Performers

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Description: The Wallin Trio, circus performers in costume.
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Frank B. Miller, Circus Man

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Description: Frank B. Miller of Wright City, Missouri, was a jockey and circus rider.
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Group of Circus Musicians

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Description: Musicians with the Gollmar Brothers Circus pose in front of banners advertising the circus sideshow features near the entrance to the museum annex tent.
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Big Show Circus Tent

Date: 1934
Description: A crowd of people stand outside a circus tent. The words "Big Show" are emblazoned over the main entrance.
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...

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