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Circus Performers
1935
Circus performer Harriet Hodgini, sits on the gate of a truck helping Otto Griebling, a circus clown, apply his makeup.
Female Circus Performer
circa 1875-1940
A female Cole Brothers Circus performer is shown in costume, wearing a tall plumed hat, with a tent as a backdrop.
Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey
1909
A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
Circus Performers Astride Horse
circa 1875-1940
Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop.
Clyde Beatty
1933
Clyde Beatty, with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, sits on a chair outside a circus tent with two young tigers.
George W. Hall, Jr., Circus Performer
1868
George W. Hall, Jr., noted Evansville, Wisconsin, circus performer, as a young boy, holding a snake and wearing copper-toed boots.
