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Monday, July 9, 2012

RINGLING BROS- BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS
Date: Aug. 9, 1941
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States (Cook county)

PART I


  In the backlot of the Circus.

Back lot of Ringling -Barnum + Bailey circus during matinee.

Elephants to the Main Tent! Ringling Circus opens in Chicago

In the backlot of the Circus


Two elephants, rear view. 
 
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Midgets at Ringling-Barnum
from:  Charles W. Cushman Photograph Collection
  Indiana University Archives

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