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Dizzy Dean here dressed in a sailor's outfit hanging from Modoc's harness. He died of tuberculosis. Modoc was the star member of the nine performing elephant herds of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circuses.
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.
Features Second Season for moving and rigging, First Season of Winter Wonderland, (1968). Bird act, parrots, poodle dog act, Hildaly, iron jaw aerial act, Gunther Gebel-Williams II Entrance.
Gunther Gebel-Williams First Year on Ringling Circus
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Features Gunther Gebel-Williams first year on Ringling Circus. Roman Riding III on front track, clowns, Nocks on the high-wire, Closen walk-around, King Charles Troupe playing basketball on unicycles, Gunther Gebel-Williams Cat Act.
Photograph of Dick Stewart, the animal handler, at the Robert Brothers Circus. Stewart stands with a female circus performer, a llama, and a camel outside of a circus caravan.
Features Tito Gaona of the Flying Gaonas in a production number. Includes the finale, elephants in long mount, away from the circus Bailey Family car and house, RBBB Blue Unit.
Billy and Tommy Baker Pony Trail with Michu, Ronk, Balkanski
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Features Billy and Tommy Baker Pony Trail, camel-pony display, Michu, little person, Harold Ronk production number, aerial, Balkanski head balancing act, RBBB Blue Unit
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