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| Description: | Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses. |
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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. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Circus parade passing Frederick and Mary Mark's confectionary. This view is north-northeast beyond the intersection of Williamson and Dickenson Streets. |
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| Description: | Dell Hammel offering tickets for a Shriner Circus sideshow of Dancing Girls. There are good indications that this photograph has been manipulated and is a ... |
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| Description: | Local boys peek under the tent to avoid paying the 25 cent admission fee to see the circus. |
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| Description: | Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent. |
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| Description: | A clown wearing a small hat with a feather, a polka-dotted suit, and large gloves, stands near a tent. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | A circus wagon, hitched to a truck cab, is parked across the street from three houses in a residential neighborhood. |
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| Description: | A horse, with a man standing in the stirrups of the saddle while twirling a lariat. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Circus performer Harriet Hodgini, sits on the gate of a truck helping Otto Griebling, a circus clown, apply his makeup. |
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| Description: | A view of the inside of a circus tent being readied for a performance. |
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| Description: | A team of elephants, paired and directed by circus personnel, proceed along an urban street. |
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| Description: | A man and a woman, in the process of getting dressed for a circus performance, pose informally in the back of a circus wagon. |
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| Description: | A group of boys, supervised by adult men, set up wooden folding chairs in a circus tent. |
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| Description: | A clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus standing outside a tent near a wagon, with his left hand holding onto a tent rope. He is wearing a beret-style hat,... |
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| Description: | A female Cole Brothers Circus performer is shown in costume, wearing a tall plumed hat, with a tent as a backdrop. |
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| Description: | A group of 11 circus clowns poses with a pretty young female performer in a circus tent. This could possibly be part of a movie set. |
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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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