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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | In her journal from India, Carrie mentions cock fights, describing them as a "barbaric form of entertainment". Here is shown a group of men watching one su... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men wearing head wraps posing in a wide-legged stance. A group of people stand behind a fence in the left background watching. Carrie describes in her... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of flyer for an International Harvester free family party for friends and customers. The event was at Turner Hall in Columbia, Illinois, was... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Inside of flyer for family party held at Walla Theater, in Walhalla, North Dakota and sponsored by the Cavanagh Implement Company, an International Harvest... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Flyer for a family party at the high school auditorium in Columbus, Montana, sponsored by the Nystul Lumber & Imp. Co., an International Harvester dealer. ... |
| Date: | 03 09 1961 |
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| Description: | A profile view of three bearded engineering students who are posing and admiring trophies. The students, left to right, are John Menning, Dave Ludwig, and ... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Czechoslovakian film poster for the Armenian film, "Ïóòü íà àðåíó." Abstract drawing of a clown juggling three balls while standing on one foot. |
| Date: | 04 22 1964 |
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| Description: | A large audience is looking up at a raised stage where church teacher Lynnda Cunningham has popped out of a large lidded cardboard box (in imitation of a j... |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of clowns standing beside and on a car decorated with the Zor Shriners logo. On the front of the car a large horn labeled "Zor Shrine" is mo... |
| Date: | 07 01 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of George Parisi and Henry Turville, Lions club members, setting up a fireworks fund barrel at Vilas Park to collect donations for the annual... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | A Madison Knights of Columbus clown wheeling his unicycle along the parade route during the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. |
| Date: | 08 04 1965 |
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| Description: | A clown performing on a bicycle at the Knights of Columbus Funfest at Breese Stevens field. The event is a fund raiser for the benefit of crippled and hand... |
| Date: | 07 22 1965 |
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| Description: | Gene Clark is dressed in clown attire for a press preview of the 16th Annual Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch. Proceeds from the rodeo go to ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Juggler Truly Remarkable Loon with partner performing on the Capitol lawn at the Equinox Festival. |
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| Description: | Group of clowns riding in a car after the Thanksgiving Day Parade on Williamson Street. |
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| Description: | Square poster for "Concerts on the Square" that shows a conductor's hand holding a baton with musical notes floating around the frame and over a photograph... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A clown on stilts is pointing towards the left. Behind him a crowd of people are standing in a line. Two circus wagons are behind the crowd, one an animal ... |
| Date: | 08 09 1972 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people standing or sitting on the side of a road. Many of them are sitting on the back of their cars. A truck, decorated in pin... |
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| Description: | Group of lumberjacks entertaining themselves in camp by tossing a man in the air using a blanket. The man in the foreground with his back to the camera is ... |
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