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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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A Ringling Brothers poster of "Kings of the Circus World", depicting Alf. T., Al., Chas., John and Otto Ringling. |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 1895 |
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| Description: | View of the two-story Girard, Pennsylvania home of Dan Rice (1/23/1823 – 2/22/1900), entertainer and circus performer widely regarded as "America's most fa... |
| 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: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A page from the Webb family album, compiled and captioned by Andrew Webb Jr., with images of Caroline Webb (Andrew's mother), Henry P. Jones, and Circus Da... |
| Date: | 08 20 1956 |
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| Description: | Children from Shore Acres Road participated in a circus and sold Kool Aid to raise $7.00 for Roundy's Fun Fund. Front row, left to right are: Michael Seife... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bandwagon and animal cage pass in a circus parade. Probably the ... |
| Date: | 07 28 1901 |
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| Description: | View down Main Street, facing east, during Pawnee Bill's Circus Wild West Parade. |
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| Description: | Bring back somehow the big Hello Prolong the noisiest day The clapping hands are stilled too soon And much too far away |
| Date: | 04 27 1960 |
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| Description: | A statue of P.T. Barnum was in front of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building to announce the coming of the "Barnum Sideshow of the 19th Century"... |
| Date: | 02 25 1965 |
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| Description: | Mary Lou Lawrence, and assistant Larry Ruhl, watching an act at the Zor Temple-William Kay Shrine circus performance at the Dane County Fairground Arena. M... |
| Date: | 07 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Fred C. Gollmar, 93, doffing his hat while riding in the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. He is a founder of the Gollmar Brothers Circus along ... |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison... |
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