Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Architecture
Filter: Subject of circus performers
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Crowd gathered in the park near the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol watching aerial performer descend a wire attached to the roof of the bu... |
| Date: | 04 04 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three rings of the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus are shown being set up for a performance in New York's Madison Square Garden. |
| Date: | 08 23 1901 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie." |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd watching a woman in a chariot driving four horses in a circus parade in town. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Slightly elevated view of circus performers riding camels in the street in a parade. |
| Date: | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Circus performers posed in front of the Wisconsin Historical Society, then known as the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 02 1954 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of entertainment at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Retail Lumberman's Association in Milwaukee. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three performing horses stand on platforms in a ring as their trainer gestures proudly in the foreground. Behind the ring are banners decorated with horses... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered to watch elephants parade down Main Street. Probably the Ringling Brothers Circus. |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of large crowd of people watching elephants from the Ringling Brothers Circus turning the corner of First and Main Streets. |
| Date: | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from crowd of a pair of trapeze acrobats performing at a street fair. |
| Date: | 02 25 1965 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mary Lou Lawrence, and assistant Larry Ruhl, watching an act at the Zor Temple-William Kay Shrine circus performance at the Dane County Fairground Arena. M... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Theatrical scene depicting a gorilla standing on a small side stage holding up a top hat and looking towards an audience gathered in the foreground. Behind... |
| Date: | 1968 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from a crowd of people watching horse-drawn circus wagons parading on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Behind the wagon is a man dressed in a red a... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
