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Kilbourn Circus Parade

Date: 06 1868
Description: G.F. Bailey bandwagon, with band, and central elevated figure of Mazeppa legend on Broadway in Kilbourn City. Hitch is an Asiatic elephant led by paired dr...
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Workers Pull Circus Wagon with Tractor

Date: 08 05 1927
Description: Workers pulling a Sells Floto Circus wagon with a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor along the street of a town. In the background, children and adults a...
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Capitol Park and Circus Parade

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view of a man leading a circus elephant on Main Street. On the opposite side of the street is a crowd watching from behind the iron fence on the C...
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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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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Ringling Bros. Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1918
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 ...
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Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Quarters

Date: 1930
Description: The Ringling Brothers circus stored equipment in these buildings during the winter. Two cars are parked outside an auto repair and moving store.
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Water Street

Date: 1915
Description: View of Water Street, the winter home of the Ringling Brothers Circus. The whole street was circus property.
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McCormick Dealership in Ontario

Date: 1913
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...
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Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 08 14 1948
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...
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Gorilla Man for Ringling Brothers Circus

Date: 1942
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.
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Circus Parade Calliope Truck

Date: 07 04 1963
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 ...
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Circus Parade

Date: 06 1963
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 ...
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Circus Wagon Transport

Date: 1963
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...
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International Truck with Elephant Trailer

Date: 1960
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...
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Boscobel Depot

Date: 1930
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...
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Street Scene

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Description: A boy sitting on a pony at an intersection. Across the street, a man in overalls stands outside of the restaurant. A large poster for the "Ringling Brother...
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Street Scene

Date: 1922
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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Street Scene

Date: 1922
Description: A storefront along a road.
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Saloon

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Description: View across road of a man with his horse outside the Bar Room. There is a large circus advertisement with elephants and lions painted on the wall of the bu...

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