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Circus Performers Gather to View Eclipse

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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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Circus People with Fish

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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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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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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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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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Della Royal and Horse

Date: 1906
Description: Della Royal (Mrs. Rhoda Royal) sits in a 2-wheeled cart decorated with flowers and harnessed to her world famous horse, "Glendive," as taken from a 1906 ha...
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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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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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Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey

Date: 1909
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
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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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Tandem Zebra Team

Date: 1909
Description: Two men sit in a two-wheeled buggy hooked up to zebras, next to a fence near the Ring Barn on the left (which is still standing), with several male spectat...
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Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property.
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Broadway Street

Date: 1895
Description: A man walks across the unpaved street in the Broadway Street business district, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles along the curb. There is a hill i...
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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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If I Were A King, You'd Be My Queen, Valentine

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Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with the image of a lion with a blue bow on his tail sitting on a pedestal. He has a crown with a heart on top, which fits int...
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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...
Postcard

Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.

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