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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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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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Circus Parade in Oconomowoc

Date: 07 04 1963
Description: A restored 19th century circus wagon travels down a commercial road on a trailer during a parade. The 25-piece circus parade traveled from Circus World Mus...
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Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: An International truck marked "A Day in Old Milwaukee. July 4th Schlitz Circus Parade" leads a fleet of circus vehicles through a downtown area. The 25-pie...
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"Pawnee Bill" Circus Wagon

Date: 1963
Description: The "Pawnee Bill" circus wagon passes Notbohms furniture store and funeral home along a commercial street as a child looks on from the foreground. Multiple...
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Downtown Circus Parade

Date: 1963
Description: An International CO-192 truck leads a 25-piece circus parade through downtown streets. The parade originated at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Additional ...
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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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Group Near Circus Wagon

Date: 1963
Description: A group of men and women look on as a parade of circus wagons passes through downtown streets, carried on the beds of International trucks. The 25-piece pa...
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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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Parade on the Capitol Square

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Description: Elevated view of a white horse and a white float rounding the corner in a parade going down South Pinckney Street at Main Street. Other carriages and float...
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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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Tractor Pulling Sells-Floto Circus Wagon

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Left side view of a man driving a tractor pulling a Sells-Floto circus wagon onto a lot. Tents are in the background.
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Tractors Pulling Sells-Floto Circus Wagons

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Men driving tractors are pulling Sells-Floto circus wagons onto a circus lot. Tents are in the background.
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Circus World Historic Site

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view from hill looking north, showing the grounds of the Circus World historic site, with visiting crowd. On display are several train cars and wa...

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