A SPLENDIND LOOK AT THE WORK OF EDWARD J. KELTY (AMERICAN, 1888-1967), AMERICAN CIRCUS PHOTOGRAPHER, THROUGH THE BOOK BY MILES BARTH AND ALAN SIEGEL, BARNES & NOBLE BOOKS, NEW YORK, 2002. TAKEN FROM THE COVER LEAF: "EACH SUMMER, EDWARD J. KELTY, A MANHATTAN BANQUET PHOTOGRAPHER ACTIVE FROM THE 1920'S THROUGH THE 1940'S, WOULD LOAD HIS ENORMOUS CAMERA INTO A SMALL TRUCK AND FOLLOW THE CIRCUS, FIRST UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST AND EVENTUALLY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. HIS EXTRAORDINARY PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURED THE SPIRIT AND ATMOSPHERE OF THE BIG TOP AND WITH A POOF OF FLASH POWDER, PRESERVED MESMERIZIING IMAGES OF THE HORSE WRANGLERS, ACROBATS, TICKET-TAKERS, CANDY BUTCHERS, TEETERBOARD TUMBLERS AND SIDESHOW EXOTICS THAT POPULATED THE COLORFUL WORLD OF THE TRAVELING CIRCUS. BOOK EXCELLENT, AS NEW.

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