The Circus Age: Culture & Society Under the American Big TopA century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provoca |
Contents
Circus Day | 1 |
Ringling Bros circus parade Oneonta N Y July 22 1905 | 4 |
Hillside view of show grounds at Red Wing Minn Ringling Bros 1915 | 5 |
Barnum Bailey bigtop interior from advertisement in route book for tent maker 1904 | 6 |
Columbus and the Discovery of America Barnum Bailey 1892 | 23 |
Barnum Bailey program sketch of show grounds 1903 | 33 |
Spectacular Labor | 37 |
Circus Day Barnum Bailey Brockton Mass 1903 | 38 |
The Wizard Prince of Arabia Barnum Bailey 1914 | 113 |
Albert Hodgini as The Original Miss Daisy 1907 | 114 |
Mr and Mrs Hodgini undated | 117 |
Ethnological Congress companion lithograph to fig 12 | 119 |
Two Living Human Prodigies Barnum Bailey 1897 | 121 |
Lou Ringling also known as Inez Morris ca 1887 | 125 |
Krao Farini 1885 | 129 |
Ubangi Savages Ringling Bros and Barnum Bailey 1930 | 134 |
Elephant laborer Barnum Bailey 1906 | 47 |
Sledging Gang Barnum Bailey Brockton Mass 1903 | 48 |
Payday Barnum Bailey Brockton Mass 1903 | 66 |
Respectable Female Nudity | 82 |
Statue Girls Barnum Bailey Brockton Mass 1903 | 84 |
Grand Equestrian Tournament Barnum Bailey 1894 | 94 |
Chiko and Johanna Ethnological Congress Barnum Bailey 1894 | 97 |
Happy Family or Monkey Play P T Barnums Circus Museum and Menagerie 1887 | 98 |
May Wirth ca 192427 | 100 |
Great Groups of Trained Wild Beasts Barnum Bailey 1915 | 102 |
LAuto Bolide Barnum Bailey 1905 | 104 |
The Arrigosi Sisters Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers 1896 | 109 |
GiraffeNeck Women from Burma HagenbeckWallace 1934 | 137 |
From the King of Beasts to Clowns in Drag | 142 |
Sweet Bye Bye P T Barnums Circus Museum and Menagerie 1887 | 151 |
A Giant Black Orang Barnum Bailey 1893 | 158 |
A Chinese Tea Party Barnum Bailey 1916 | 166 |
Clown group ca 1905 | 171 |
Immigrants Just Arrived from Ellis Island Kassino Midgets 1927 | 177 |
Columbus Takes Possession of a New World Barnum Bailey 1892 | 201 |
American Fleet of Battleships Barnum Bailey 1899 | 208 |
The Rescue at Pekin Buffalo Bills Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1901 | 213 |
Oriental India Barnum Bailey 1896 | 217 |
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