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Circus Workers Giving Elephants a Drink

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Two circus workers standing next to a water wagon pulled by a McCormick-Deering tractor. The men are providing water for three elephants outside the tents ...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
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Ringling Brothers Circus Wagons

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Description: Elevated view of Ringling Brothers circus wagons, horses, and tents, with the Chicago skyline in the background.
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Crowd on Main Street Watching Parade

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Description: Crowd of people lined up along board sidewalk watching a parade on diagonal part of Main Street. The boardwalk on the other side of the street is elevated....
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McCormick-Deering Industrial 10-20 Tractor at Sells Floto Circus

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to move a wagon at the Sells Floto circus. Next to the wagon, a man sits on an elephant, while thr...
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Sells Floto Circus Wagons

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Men attach Sells Floto circus wagons to McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractors in front of a circus tent.
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McCormick-Deering Industrial 10-20 Tractor at Circus

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to pull a wagon at the Sells Floto circus. Children and adults are walking nearby, and a tent and l...
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Crowd Watching the Circus Parade

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Description: Elevated view of crowd on streets and sidewalks near an intersection watching a circus wagon pulled by a team of six horses in a circus parade in town.
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Children with Circus Wagon

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: Four children are standing looking at a circus wagon labeled "Pawnee Bill" which is chained to the bed of an International truck. The wagon was part of a 2...
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Children Watching Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: A woman and three children are watching from the sidewalk as a parade of circus wagons carried on the beds of International trucks proceeds down a commerci...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

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...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

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...
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Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 08 17 1892
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bandwagon and animal cage pass in a circus parade. Probably the ...
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Circus World Train

Date: 07 05 1972
Description: View of local residents standing in the grass watching the Circus World Museum Train pass through Elroy and Union Center. The train, which did not normally...
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Circus Wagon on Parade

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Description: Elevated view of a circus wagon pulled by a team of eight horses on a city street lined with large groups of people. Location identified as the intersectio...
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Clown at Circus World Museum

Date: 1968
Description: A man dressed as a clown is standing next to a young boy at Circus World Museum. The boy is sitting on the side of a circus wagon.
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Circus Parade

Date: 1968
Description: View from rear of a crowd of people watching circus wagons passing by on a dirt road at Circus World Museum. Two horses are pulling a blue wagon with red a...
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Circus World Parade

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...
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Competition Between Tractor and Elephant

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: View across field towards a man sitting on an elephant on the left, and a man sitting on a tractor on the right pulling a wagon. The elephant is hitched to...
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Man Driving Tractor Pulling Sells-Floto Circus wagon

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: View across grounds towards a man driving a McCormick-Deering tractor pulling a Sells-Floto Circus wagon. Tents are in the background.

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