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[ Photographs ] (Circus) Group of approximately 90 photographs of circus acts and actors, most from Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey shows, documenting the whole McGillicuddy, from animal acts that include high-stepping tigers and snarling lions,

[ Photographs ] (Circus) Group of approximately 90 photographs of circus acts and actors, most from Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey shows, documenting the whole McGillicuddy, from animal acts that include high-stepping tigers and snarling lions, elephants on parade, bedecked horses and their riders, and several morose hippopotami: to highwire performers, Jugglers and clowns; the bandleader: crowds before the bigtop; the circus train, and much more. Silver prints, 59 are 9.25 x 7inches or the reverse and 30 are 13.5 x 10.75 inches or the reverse and slightly smaller, many with the Roland Butler Collection handstamp on verso or mount verso. 1910s-50s E1800-2200 Roland Butler was a press agent for Ringling Brothers.

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April 27, 1999 10:30 AM EDT
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