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Comedians
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Jim and Geo--Grotesque Comedians.
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Lui-Lui
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Tom Toch--The Funny Man
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Early Ringling Bros. clowns
From the Wisconsin Historical Images website.
A Clown in the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus
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Circus clown, "Bumpsy" Anthony, stands in front of a tent.
Spader Johnson the Clown
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Circus Clown "Billy" Winslow
Description: "Billy" Winslow, a clown and wire walker with the Barnum & Bailey Show, with a prop he used in his performance.
1910
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Troupe Frédériks Echelles aériennes animées
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Chas. Francois and his Boys
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
The James Mora Trio
collection du Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée MuCEM
The Nine Rainats
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
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The Headless Magician
1855
Street Carnival
1902
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Giantess Cabinet Card by Charles Eisenmann
Portrait of a Giantess, believed by me to be Annie O'Brien aka Ruth Shields, standing next to an unidentified man. O'Brien was billed as being 7'10 or taller when actually she was only 6'10 according to one source I found. I am not sure which freak shows she was affiliated with. Photograph by the famous Charles Eisenmann, New York. Found in Wisconsin.
Count and Countess Magri.jpg
Count Primo Magri (1849-1920) and Count Rosebud were the stage names of a 19th century Italian dwarf who married Lavinia Warren, the widow of General Tom Thumb on Easter Monday, April 6 1885 at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York. At 2 ft. 8 in tall Magri was two inches shorter than her first husband. Together they operated a famous roadside stand in Middleborough, Massachusetts
Circus Fat Man
A circus sideshow performer sits outside a tent talking with a young girl and what is most likely a woman who is a dwarf.
circus "fat lady" Phebe Dunn, ca. 1860s
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Circus Canvasman at Work
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
Date: July 14, 1897
Circus Cook Tent
Description: Cooks preparing food for fellow workers with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus.
1942
Circus performer Harriet Hodgini, sits on the gate of a truck helping Otto Griebling, a circus clown, apply his makeup.
1935
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Chiens Savants
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
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Fifi Ronay
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM
Zertho
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
Circus Performers and Animals
Description: Fred and Ella Bradna, equestrian director and performer for Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey. There are several other performers and a dog, relaxing in their circus wagon.
1890
Circus Performers with Mule
Miss Zelia
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
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Circus Performers Astride Horse
Description: Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop.
Lil Kerslake's Animal Actors
From The Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MuCEM).
A female snake charmer with the Cole Brothers Circus, watched by two children.
Della Royal (Mrs. Rhoda Royal) sits in a 2-wheeled cart decorated with flowers and harnessed to her world famous horse, "Glendive," as taken from a 1906 handbill.
Circus Clown Sitting on Donkey
Description: A circus clown sits astride a donkey outside a tent.
Date: 1909
The Serpent Queen
Millie Betra, Ringling Bros, The Serpent Queen. Have not found out much about this lady - photo was taken in Milwaukee.
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1902
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1902
Cat in Rocking Chair
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp, dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair.
1905 ca.
Whitbeck Motion Picture Elephants
How to Give a Lion a Bath
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From the Wisconsin Historical Images website.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/49879584@N00/sets/72157623499038852/?page=2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/double-m2/collections/72157623527853680/
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/
