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(CIRCUS)
Snapshot album entitled“The Circus Snap Book
#9,” with approximately 160 photographs of
circus performers (including Bozo the Clown
and elephants, lions, tigers, bears, kangaroos,
and llamas), and a spectrum of colorful behind-
the-scenes images of performers and animal
handlers, scenes of band wagons, prop trucks,
and fans and managers. The album belonged
to the clown George A. Lamphear, of North
Stonington, Connecticut; the photographs,
each of which is captioned, identify cities and
different circuses, and may have been shot by
him. Includes Mills Bros., King Bros., RB &
B&B, Warner Bros., Robbins Bros., Diano
Bros., Clyde Beatty,Hunt Bros., Cole Bros., and
Wallace Bros. setting up. Silver prints, various
sizes but most are 3
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches (8.9x11.4
cm.), and cornered on the album pages.
Oblong folio, red leatherette; ties. 1952-1955
[1,000/1,500]
Formerly in the Collection of George A. Lamphear,
a clown who performed in various circuses.
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