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Roundy Couglin and Show Troupe

Date: 06 23 1949
Description: Group portrait of Roundy Couglin and members of the Dodson Imperial Shows at Camp Wawbeek, where they had gone to entertain the 93 children camping there. ...
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The Flying Cromwells

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Description: View of an acrobatic team on a trapeze. The act, performed on a boardwalk at Midland Beach by the Flying Cromwells, is observed by a large gathering of peo...
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Gorilla Man for Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 1942
Description: A man in a gorilla suit stands on the tongue of a wagon, holding his mask. He is an employee of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.
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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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Convention Floorshow

Date: 02 1954
Description: Elevated view of entertainment at the annual convention of the Wisconsin Retail Lumberman's Association in Milwaukee.
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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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Performing Horses

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...
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The Hocums

Date: 1903
Description: Composite photograph of one man and two women standing on top of two horses pulling a buggy. The three figures are glued onto the photograph containing the...
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Rose Dockrill and George Holland

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Description: Rose Dockrill, daughter of Barnum and Bailey Circus equestrian Elise Dockrill, and her husband George E. Holland, son of George F. Holland, who was a famou...
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Circus Aerialist Mary Lou Lawrence Performs at Zor Temple Shrine Circus

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...
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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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How a Zor Shrine Clown Makes Up His Face

Date: 04 29 1954
Description: Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is warming up make-up with his hands to make it more pliable before applying it to his face.
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How a Zor Shrine Clown Makes Up His Face

Date: 04 29 1954
Description: Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is painting his eyebrows.
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Talking to the ringmaster at a Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus show is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economic...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...

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