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| 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: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Lona Engelbe... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Gordon Sinyk... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Robert Beck ... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Dorothy Maso... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Sheila Ryan ... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Arden Taylor... |
| Date: | 07 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Christine and Bill Schuldt admiring posters and relics of circuses founded in Wisconsin at an exhibit in the State Historical Society Museum. The photograp... |
| Date: | 01 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club held their annual winter party at the Truax Field Arena. The event was organized on a circus theme. Marie McNeil... |
| Date: | 04 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Ellen Lathers, Judy Angevine, Alnora M. Lathers, and Jessie C. De Woody apply circus posters to the interior walls of the East Side Business men's clu... |
| Date: | 08 02 1955 |
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| Description: | Dr. Esther Kurtz greeting famous clown Emmett Kelly and his wife, Elvira, at a dinner sponsored by the Madison Wallenda Tent Chapter of Circus Fans of Amer... |
| Date: | 08 02 1955 |
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| Description: | Circus performers and fans at a dinner sponsored by the Madison Wallenda Tent chapter of Circus Fans of America at the Ace of Clubs. Standing are Mr. and M... |
| Date: | 08 02 1955 |
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| Description: | Dr. C.M. Kurtz and his son, John, (right) greet trapeze artist Antoinette BisBini (left) and circusman Bob Dover at a dinner for circus performers sponsore... |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is painting his eyebrows. |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown J. Leigh's finished face with what would be a red nose. Leigh is also in full costume with hat and shirt. |
| 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: | 06 30 1959 |
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| Description: | A neighborhood circus at 567 Park Lane, the Robert Munger residence, benefited "Roundy's Fun Fund." Left to right in first row: Cheryl Eickner, Douglas Bo... |
| Date: | 04 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Zor Shrine clown, J. Leigh, is warming up make-up with his hands to make it more pliable before applying it to his face. |
| 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: | 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... |
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