Photograph
Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus
| Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Approximately 33 feet long, the costume of a brontosaurus (an unprecedented fossil discovery around this time in the United States) is maneuvered by three people from the inside. It was created of some sort of fabric over a framework of wire. One man standing on the left and wearing a sweater, smoking a cigar, is holding the tip of the tail and a sign that reads: "WHAT IS IT?" The other man to the right wearing a suit and military hat is in front of the neck, holding a two handled cup (a trophy) in one hand and a furled umbrella in the other. They are standing In the foreground is a wood plank sidewalk and a lawn. In the Armory, guns are visible on a rack just inside the door. To the left is a wooden chair and a Pierce bicycle; on the right a ladder. |
| Image ID: | 129931 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
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| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | digital file |
| Original Format Number: | 1201001387 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4291 X 3003 pixels |
| Original photograph loaned for scanning by Jaroslava (Jarka) Sobiskova, who rescued the historic photographs from a public dumpster off Monroe Street. The UW Circus began in 1901 and ran through the teens, moving from the Armory to the Stock Pavilion in later years. More photographs of the UW Circus can be found through the UW Archives online catalog. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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