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Mills Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s-60s. Extensive archive of...

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Robbins Bros. Circus Archive. 1930s. File filled with items...: Robbins Bros. Circus Archive. 1930s. File filled with items related to the Robbins Bros. Circus, including a herald and a courier, colorful blotters, photographs, admission tickets, newspaper clipping

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Dailey Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s. File folder with items ...: Dailey Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s. File folder with items related to the Dailey Bros Circus. Archive includes approximately 32 photographs, together with a trifold photo montage with 36 different ima

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Arthur Bros. Circus Archive. Folder with items related to t...: Arthur Bros. Circus Archive. Folder with items related to the Arthur Bros. Circus. Archive includes approximately eleven photographs, likely taken by noted circus photographer James Chloupiek, togethe

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[Bertram Mills Circus] Large and Important Archive of: [Bertram Mills Circus] Large and Important Archive of Candid and Studio Bertram Mills Circus Photographs. Images depict jugglers, clowns, animal acts (including lion tamers), a complete sequence of th

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VALDO, Pat (1881-1970). Sparks Circus Correspondence Archiv...: VALDO, Pat (1881-1970). Sparks Circus Correspondence Archive. 1920s–30s. Large envelope containing extensive original correspondence on lithographed multicolored illustrated Sparks Circus letter

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The Great Forepaugh Circus Archive. 1870s–1920s. File folde...: The Great Forepaugh Circus Archive. 1870s–1920s. File folder with items related to The Great Forepaugh show and Circus, the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Shows, Forepaugh & Sells Aggregation. A

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JOSEPH BRADBURY CIRCUS PHOTO ARCHIVE ALBUMS: ALBUM #16, #26 AND #69 FROM THE JOSEPH BRADBURY ARCHIVE OF CIRCUS PHOTOS ALBUMS. ANNOTATED ALBUMS COVERING HUNT BROS., CALLIOPES, COLOR PLATES. APPROXIMATELY 275 PHOTOS IN PHOTO SCRAPBOOKS. JOSEPH BRA

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RAY FAMILY CIRCUS PHOTO ARCHIVE: COLLECTION OF RAY FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE EARLY 1900'S INTO THE 1950'S. DAMM BROS., LABELLE & RAY TROUPE, YVONNE STEPHENS.

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SILVERS, Hal (Hubert Castle, 1912-89). Circus Photo Archive...: SILVERS, Hal (Hubert Castle, 1912-89). Circus Photo Archive. Approximately fifteen 8 x 10” photographs of aerialist and circus impresario Hubert Castle, of Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey, Cole

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MACDOUGALL CIRCUS AUDIO ARCHIVE ON CD: 10 DISKS IN TOTAL INCLUDING R.B.B.B 1969 ANAHEIM PERFORMANCE, 1971 L.A. FORUM PERFORMANCE, 1956 PERFORMANCE, 1985 TOBY TYLER CIRCUS BAND, 1989 PROVIDENCE PERFORMANCE, 1995 BEATTY-COLE BROS. KISSIMMEE

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BILL BALLANTINE COLLECTION OF PHOTO SLIDES: ARCHIVE OF 1,000 PHOTO SLIDES TAKEN BY BILL BALLANTINE, AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND CLOWN. BALLANTINE ALSO SERVED AS DEAN OF RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS CLOWN COLLEGE. SLIDES COVER CIRCUSES,

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Colorful Ringling Bros. - Barnum & Bailey Combined: 1968, 100 Shares, Unissued, Green border on m/c, colorful certificate with clowns, tigers and circus animals as well as undertint in light green of circus elephants and circus tents. Popular and very

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GROUPING OF CIRCUS & CARNIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS: MACDOUGALL ARCHIVE. INCLUDES BARNES BROS., WORLD OF MIRTH, AMUSEMENTS OF AMERICAN AND MORE. 5"X7"

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MILLS BROS. CIRCUS POSTER: AUTHENTIC, ONE SHEET, 1941. FEATURING DOG ACT. UNMOUNTED, MARGINS TRIMMED. TED BOWMAN COLLECTION. 26"X40"

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Mills Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s-60s. Extensive archive of...

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Mills Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s-60s. Extensive archive of hundreds of ephemeral items related to the Mills Bros. Circus. Archive includes photographs of circus set up, vehicles, personalities, as well as autographs, advertising printing cards, route sheets, correspondence, complimentary tickets, assorted business cards, letterheads, illustrated covers, press tickets, postally used route cards., press books, programs, receipts, commissary coupon booklets and family photographs., newspaper clippings, and others. Ex-Circus Hall of Fame. Good to very good.

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Mills Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s-60s. Extensive archive of...

Name: Mills Bros. Circus Archive. 1940s-60s. Extensive archive of...
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