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Photograph taken at the Cole Brothers- Clyde Beatty Circus of a clown standing near a circus caravan and holding a pointed hat as another caravan sits in the background.
Photograph of a clown at the Paul A. Miller Circus in Harundale, Maryland wearing black face makeup and holding his hat in one hand as he sits inside of a trailer.
Photograph taken in Gamber, Maryland at the Roberts Bros. Circus of a clown wearing striped pants, a colorful shirt, and a very long neck tie. The clown is smiling and posing between a truck and circus tent.
Features circus acts, teeterboard act, Russian riding act, clown walk-around, King Charles Troupe, the basketball players on unicycles, elephants, RBBB Blue Unit.
An unidentified Florida State University Flying High Circus clown is barefoot on a high wire. The clown has a question mark on his forehead. The performance was held outdoors without a tent.
Florida State University Flying High Circus performers Jerry Fortune, Dick Slade, Max Bayard, and Verner Nelson are applying clown makeup in their dressing tent.
Beatty-Cole, Captain Freddie Logan Elephant Act Part I, RBB Red Unit
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Features short clip of Beatty-Cole and Captain Freddie Logan in Elephant Act. Other acts include RBBB Red Unit, three-person trapeze, clowns, jugglers, giant swing, Liberty Horses.
Photograph of two clowns standing side by side and smiling at the Lewis Brothers Circus. The clown with the tall, pointed hat is holding a container full of eggs as the other wears a bowler hat.
Photograph of a frowning man wearing clown makeup and costume taken at the Beers- Barnes Circus. The clown stands near the ropes which hold the circus tent down as a circus worker sits in the background.
Photograph of eight clowns wearing assorted makeup and costumes and standing in front of Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus tent. One clown in front is holding juggling pins.
Photograph of "Cheeko the Clown" at the Great American Circus. "Cheeko" is holding an American flag and has just taken off his hat to reveal a smaller American flag on top of his head while standing in front of the circus tent.
Max Smith, Zippo T. Clown and Whimpy the Deaf Clown
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Photograph of Max Smith, Zippo T. Clown, and Whimpy the Deaf Clown; three clowns standing near the Kelly Miller Circus. In the background are other circus performers and an elephant.
Several clowns gather around and inside of a car while one clown lays on the ground, having fallen out of the car. A clown in a police officer costume stands nearby and raises a night stick.
Photograph from the Beers and Barnes Circus of a clown frowning and standing in front of a car which reads "Charlie Brown Hotel Shelley 844 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FLA" on the side.
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