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Photograph of two members of the Pedrolas family, a family of circus performers, inside the Mills Brothers Circus in Millersville, Maryland. The young female member of the Pedrolas family does a split on the high wire as a man stands on...
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East circus calendar
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Circus calendar and poster advertising the performance of Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Great Far East combined show and depicting a train robbery taking place in the Old West.
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.
Circus poster advertising the time and place of Royal Palace Circus performance on November 9th in Parkville, Maryland and featuring photographs from the Circus’s show. A large horse leaps across the middle of the poster.
Photograph of the Flying Lunas, a family of circus performers, wearing their costumes and lined up for their picture to be taken at the Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus elephants
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Circus poster depicting elephants stacking into a pyramid at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. The elephants in the background form a conga line.
Photograph of two members of the Pedrolas family, a family of circus performers, performing their act at the Mills Brothers Circus. The young girl walks the high wire while a man watches her from the ground in a suit.
Soviet circus poster advertising the Circus Jubilee of the St. Petersburg State Circus with the Circus's seal in the center. The translation is "Celebrating 100 years of the Circus and acknowledgement of the Circus as a recipient of the...
Photograph of Clyde Beatty, a famous lion tamer and animal trainer, smiling in front of a caravan at the combined Cole Brothers and Clyde Beatty Circus.
Photograph of the Tangier Troupe, a group of acrobatic tumblers, performing a "human pyramid" during their act inside of the Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus tent.
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.
Clyde Beatty- Cole Brothers in Annapolis, Maryland. May 9 and 10
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Circus poster of a roaring tiger to advertise the performance of the Clyde Beatty and Cole Brothers Circus in Annapolis, Maryland from May 9th to May 10th. The year the poster originates from is unknown.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey circus calendar
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Circus calendar depicting men in chariots being pulled by horses and advertising the dates of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey combined shows.
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.
Photograph of circus workers unloading a lion in its cage from the back of a truck at the Cole Brothers- Clyde Beatty Circus. Bystanders watch close by as the lion is unloaded.
Photograph of Yvonne Shea in costume and the dogs she uses in her act, who are also in costume, at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus show. Yvonne Shea performed only for the 1958 to 1959 season.
Circus poster advertising the Carson and Barnes Circus performances at 2:00pm and 8:00pm on August 16th. The year this poster originated from is unknown.
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