383 •(CIRCUS) A vast typological archive with over 1000 photographs documenting the transport trains and vehicle convoys of various circus companies.
Featuring images from the Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey, Cole, Beaty, and Hunt's Three Ring Circuses. With a number of scenes showing performing animals exiting their temporary housing; images of the nomadic carnies; typological studies of the graphic signage on the train cars; and one album devoted entirely to an exhibit of model railroads and miniatures. Chromogenic (935) and silver (95) prints, the images mostly measuring 3½ inches (8.9 cm.) square, some slightly larger, inserted recto/verso into plastic album sleeves. 4to, plastic 3-ring binders (3) and one oblong 4to with twin-bolt binding. 1950s-70s
WITH--A binder containing 47 photographs and various ephemera relating to the circus. Silver (25) and chromogenic (22) prints, the images measuring approximately 3x5 inches (7.6x12.7 cm.). 1920s-70s

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