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| Date: | 04 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Six scouts, all members of Den 1, Pack 309, of the Lapham School Cub Scouts, with a toy circus displayed in the window of the F.W. Karstens store, 24 North... |
| Date: | 04 04 1947 |
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| Description: | Pictured are three elephants from Whitbeck Motion Pictures, California, and Robert Zimmerman, assistant secretary of state and board member of Circus Fans ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A group of four men are standing outside the Newell McCormick Implements and High Class Vehicles dealership in Ontario, Canada. A motor car is parked in th... |
| Date: | 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster for a William Kay Shrine Circus at Memorial Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin, held Saturday February 27 and Sunday February 28, 1971. Presented by the... |
| Date: | 08 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Portrait of three Proudfit Street kids who produced a circus for the benefit of the Ballweg family, victims of a tornado at Springfield Hill. They are, lef... |
| Date: | 08 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade on street downtown with a large crowd in the street and park... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest... |
| Date: | 07 1973 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Dane County Jr. Fair at the Madison fairgrounds, July 18 through 22, 1973. Features a screen printed illustration of a clown, a ... |
| Date: | 08 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers combined Circus, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Grounds in Madison, Wisconsin. ... |
| Date: | 08 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, advertised as the World's largest, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Groun... |
| Date: | 08 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising for the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers combined Circus, which took place August 30, 1972 at the Madison Fair Grounds in Madison, Wisconsin. ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Advisory board members of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs being entertained by the antics of a circus elephant in the Capitol park duri... |
| Date: | 08 05 1927 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 05 1927 |
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| Description: | Men attach Sells Floto circus wagons to McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractors in front of a circus tent. |
| Date: | 08 05 1927 |
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| Description: | A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor to pull a wagon at the Sells Floto circus. Children and adults are walking nearby, and a tent and l... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Dells Minirama (miniature model) featuring a circus train on a bridge. |
| Date: | 04 05 1950 |
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| Description: | It was Easter Circus time in the East Side Lowell school and hallways this week. Several of Betty Becker's second grade pupils, creators of the paper mach... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph featuring Buffalo Bill riding his horse. The poster was created for Buffalo Bill's Wild West circus show, as part of the Sells Floto... |
| Date: | 10 11 1951 |
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| Description: | A "lion" is being put through its paces by his "trainer" before a crowd of "circus fans" at Lowell School, as first grade students perform at a dress rehea... |
| Date: | 07 04 1952 |
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| Description: | A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun... |
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