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Portrait of Lillian R. Berlo, of the Berlo Girls Diving Troupe wearing a short satin dress, dark leggings, and is holding a parasol and a bouquet of flowers. Inscribed, “To Anna A very sweet little girl, Love from Lillian R. Berlo, May...
Robert Reynolds personal photo with a young girl on a tightrope
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Robert Reynolds stands on a platform several feet from the ground supporting a young girl with her feet on a tightrope that is connected to the platform. The Claridge Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ is visible in the background.
Harnessed elephant on a flatbed beside circus workers for Wirth’s Circus, Australia. Men on bicycles spectate the animal. Inscribed verso “One of the elephant [sic] unloading the wagons from the flats It is marvelous to see them do this...
A six-pole big top erected in a dry grassy field with the canvas attached with rope to stakes in the ground. Some of the tent canvas is partially rolled up from the bottom. A loading truck is partially visible in front of the open tent...
Autographed, portrait of western film actor and circus performer, Tom Mix on horseback in front of a white backdrop. The horse is tacked in a silver-studded harness and reins. A long whip is coiled on the saddle. Mix looks straight at...
A group of people attending a tented dinner party with utility man Eddie Mader pictured in the center. Inscribed verso: “PLEASE GIVE CREDIT TO LOU LEVINSON, LOGAN, W. VA.”
Robert Reynolds with animal trainer, Terrell Jacobs, September 9, 1941
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Standing from left to right: unidentified circus personnel, Robert Reynolds, lioness on a pedestal, and Terrell Jacobs. Inscribed on the back of the photo: “Million Dollar Pier ATL. City. N.J. 9/9/41”
Profile view of head balancing act where one performer wearing a head covering is walking up the platform stairs with her arms extended. Another performer is balancing on her right leg on top of the head of the base performer with her...
Cora Davis, Ann Reynolds, and Wanda House at Sara-Circo Club meeting
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The 1947 Sara-Circo Club members, from left to right: Cora Davis (president), Ann Reynolds (meeting hostess), and Wanda House (club member) posing for a photograph for an edition of the local newspaper.
The Alzana troupe in costume posed on a set piece resembling an airplane wing on top of a paper mâché rock covered in five-pointed stars. From left to right, top to bottom: Hilda, Elsie, Minnie, Harold, and Charles. Inscribed “To Bob...
Ella Bradna with performers on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey backlot
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A chorus line of extravagantly costumed women. In the center, two performers hold horses wearing a feather topped bridal. A tent is in the background. “Ella Bradna RB-B&B, 1928” is exposed in the front of the photo. A decorative element...
Four costumed female performers standing in profile on an unsupported ladder leaning on a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows wagon. [Chester photo service, Boston Mass.]
Circus personnel driving stakes into the ground getting ready to pull canvas. The canvas is visible in the foreground with a circus wagon in the background.
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