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| Date: | 08 1901 |
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| Description: | Professor Oscar John Schendel is pictured with a violin and bow in a billboard advertising "Schendel's All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Ma... |
| Date: | 08 23 1901 |
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| Description: | The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie." |
| Date: | 12 15 1913 |
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| Description: | A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Barn used by the Ringling Brothers to store circus equipment during the winter. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, including the print shop and the wardrobe building. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View of the Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters from across the Baraboo River, looking due north. The brick building, center, was one of the two "Cat ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The Ringling Brothers circus stored equipment in these buildings during the winter. Two cars are parked outside an auto repair and moving store. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Ringling Hotel. Circus wagons, owned by Ringling Brothers circus, are parked in a lot adjacent to the Ringling hotel. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Map showing buildings formerly used as Ringling Brothers Circus winter quarters, along with adjoining buildings. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., speaking to an audience in the grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Behind him in the infield, a... |
| Date: | 04 28 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children participating in a YMCA circus. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | The blimp of the Goodyear Tire Company hovers above the carnival area of the Wisconsin State Fair, tethered to the ground with ropes. The fairgoers, howev... |
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| Description: | Crowd watching a circus performance in the street, possibly centered on a gorilla named Johanna according to the banner in the background. There is an arch... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Rear view of a man riding an elephant in a circus parade through town. Crowds line the sidewalk on the other side of the street. |
| 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... |
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