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| Description: | Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in t... |
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| Description: | Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses. |
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| Description: | A crew of people from the circus, possibly Ringling Brothers, Barnum, and Bailey, holding up their catch after a fishing trip. |
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| Description: | Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent. |
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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. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children. |
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| Description: | A horse, with a man standing in the stirrups of the saddle while twirling a lariat. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| 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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| Description: | A man and a woman, in the process of getting dressed for a circus performance, pose informally in the back of a circus wagon. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Five women drummers with the Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus posing with striped drums. They are wearing band uniforms, including large hats to... |
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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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| Description: | A female Cole Brothers Circus performer is shown in costume, wearing a tall plumed hat, with a tent as a backdrop. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Clyde Beatty, with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, sits on a chair outside a circus tent with two young tigers. |
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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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| Description: | Erma Ward, a circus trapeze artist, dangles by one hand from a ring high in a circus tent. |
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| Description: | Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop. |
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| Description: | A circus sideshow performer sits outside a tent talking with two women performers of short stature. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street. |
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| Description: | A group of 20+ circus clowns posing informally while preparing for the ring. |
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