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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

"THE OLD" DAYS

#9"Spader Johnson dressed as a clown."
"Five circus performers, female and male, sit or stand astride a horse with a tent as a backdrop."

"RW Cast & Crew (possibly The Clyde Beatty Show)"


"Personnel of the old Miles Orton Circus outside a tent in their 1891-92 New Orleans' quarters."




"Personnel of the Walter L. Main show in 1904 and 1905, photographed outside a tent, include clowns, the driver of a four horse chariot, and air performers. Their contemporary, circus man Frank B. Miller, described the group as 'A bunch of real old time actors, all damn good ones...'" (1905)

-Circus Photos at Wisconsin Historical Society


1 comment:

  1. The pix labeled possibly the Clyde Beatty show, has Mabel Stark in it. Look real close.

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