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| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people stand outside a circus tent. The words "Big Show" are emblazoned over the main entrance. |
| Date: | 08 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Clowns surround Mayor George Forster, sitting the the driver's seat of a car, during the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus event. |
| Date: | 08 06 1952 |
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| Description: | A youngster "sneaking in" to see the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus. A clowning police officer greets him and makes his "admittance" good. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Cover of "Wisconsin Circus Lore" written by the Federal Writer's Project in Wisconsin and bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project. The cover features a d... |
| Date: | 04 23 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of six Monona Village youngsters who held a circus to raise money for the American Red Cross. In front are Darryl Hoffer (with "Bullet" the dog) a... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | A man in a gorilla suit stands on the tongue of a wagon, holding his mask. He is an employee of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. |
| Date: | 07 04 1963 |
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| Description: | A calliope truck with text reading "Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co. Presents / A Day in Old Milwaukee / July 4th / Featuring Schlitz Circus Parade" drives down a ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1963 |
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| Description: | A restored 19th century circus wagon travels down a commercial road on a trailer during a parade. The 25-piece circus parade traveled from Circus World Mus... |
| Date: | 07 04 1963 |
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| Description: | Four children are standing looking at a circus wagon labeled "Pawnee Bill" which is chained to the bed of an International truck. The wagon was part of a 2... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | An International truck marked "A Day in Old Milwaukee. July 4th Schlitz Circus Parade" leads a fleet of circus vehicles through a downtown area. The 25-pie... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | The "Pawnee Bill" circus wagon passes Notbohms furniture store and funeral home along a commercial street as a child looks on from the foreground. Multiple... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | An International CO-192 truck leads a 25-piece circus parade through downtown streets. The parade originated at Circus World Museum in Baraboo. Additional ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A woman and three children are watching from the sidewalk as a parade of circus wagons carried on the beds of International trucks proceeds down a commerci... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A police officer directs a parade of circus wagons carried on International trucks through downtown streets. The 25-piece parade originated at Circus World... |
| Date: | 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A Sauk County traffic police vehicle leads a line of circus wagons through past two church buildings during a parade originating at Circus World Museum in ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women look on as a parade of circus wagons passes through downtown streets, carried on the beds of International trucks. The 25-piece pa... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | An International truck transports a circus wagon between Circus World Museum in Baraboo and Milwaukee. The wagon was part of a 25-piece circus parade spons... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Pollack Brothers Circus personnel supervise elephants as they exit a trailer pulled by an International DCOF-405 semi-truck parked in a loading area near a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of the Boscobel train depot. A wagon is parked on the platform. There is an advertisement for the circus painted on a wall at t... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down road towards three workers standing on the porch of an auto repair shop. The shop offers Red Crown Gasoline, Peerless Motor Oil, and Firestone ti... |
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