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Circus Performers and Animals

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Description: Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in t...
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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.
Book or Pamphlet

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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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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Ringling Circus Wagon and Clowns

Date: 1910
Description: A Ringling Circus wagon, pulled by a horse, with clowns riding on top, is part of a parade along a city street.
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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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The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and Flooded Road

Date: 05 30 1908
Description: The Great Wallace Shows, horses and wagons, were flooded out by a sudden cloudburst.
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George W. Hall, Jr.'s Wagon Show

Date: 1911
Description: George W. Hall, Jr.'s wagon show, pulled by horses, travels along a country road.
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Band Performing in Parade

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Description: View across street towards a band in a wagon parading through town. People are watching from the sidewalk, and also from second story porches.
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view over sidewalk towards eight horses drawing a circus wagon in parade. The parade is coming from the circus ground at the white pine g...
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Circus Wagon in Parade

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men driving a circus calliope for a parade in town. A calliope is a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam throu...
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Circus Wagon with Leopard

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Description: Man driving a circus wagon with a cage through town with a team of two horses. The cage is holding a leopard and a girl inside.
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Circus Wagon with Leopard

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Description: Elevated view of a man in a parade driving a circus wagon with a cage holding a leopard. A crowd lines the sidewalk on the other side of the street.
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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...
Postcard

Circus World Museum

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Description: Colorized postcard view of the Circus Train.
Photograph

Competition Between Tractor and Elephant

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: View across field towards a man sitting on an elephant on the left, and a man sitting on a tractor on the right pulling a wagon. The elephant is hitched to...
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Horse-Drawn Circus Wagons

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: View down street towards a parade of horse-drawn circus wagons coming up the street. People are watching from the sidewalks. Automobiles are parked along t...

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