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| Date: | 05 31 1898 |
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| Description: | The stake driving crew for the Sells Bros. & Forepaugh Circus. A group of men drive several stakes into the ground. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an... |
| Date: | 07 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Christine and Bill Schuldt admiring posters and relics of circuses founded in Wisconsin at an exhibit in the State Historical Society Museum. The photograp... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 27 1960 |
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| Description: | A statue of P.T. Barnum was in front of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building to announce the coming of the "Barnum Sideshow of the 19th Century"... |
| Date: | 08 09 1963 |
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| Description: | Gordon Yadon, a member of the Mabie Brothers circus tent, and Mary Lou Lawrence, aerialist and trapeze artist, reading the historical marker documenting De... |
| Date: | 07 05 1972 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | A girl tries some acrobatic moves on a rope at Acrobat School, Circus World Museum, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. The silhouette of another acrobat ... |
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| Description: | State Fair barker announcing side show attractions to a crowd of children, featuring "Midget City, the World's Tiniest Entertainers" and "Baby Thelma, 619 ... |
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| Description: | Bring back somehow the big Hello Prolong the noisiest day The clapping hands are stilled too soon And much too far away |
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| Description: | For any master line drawn fine enough or spoken well let us call all professionals to wear the laurel and deck the Halls of Fame |
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