May 27 2012
4:36 am
Photo Crafts Shop of Denver, Vallecita’s leopards: Female animal trainer and leopard, 1906. Source: Library of Congress

Photo Crafts Shop of Denver, Vallecita’s leopards: Female animal trainer and leopard, 1906.

Source: Library of Congress

Posted 3 hours ago
#1900s #denver #colorado #USA #vintage #circus #leopard #leopards #big cats #animal trainer #animal tamer
11 notes

May 27 2012
3:47 am
Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus crossing Olive Street with police escort in Los Angeles, California, 1953. Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Elephants from Cole Brothers Circus crossing Olive Street with police escort in Los Angeles, California, 1953.

Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Posted 4 hours ago
#1950s #los angeles #california #LA #southern california #USA #circus #elephants #elephant #vintage #police
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May 15 2012
9:43 pm
Felix Nadar, Paul Legrand as Pierrot, 1855-1859. Source: Musee D’Orsay

Felix Nadar, Paul Legrand as Pierrot, 1855-1859.

Source: Musee D’Orsay

Posted 1 week ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #vintage #portrait #paul legrand #pierrot #clowns #clown #circus #felix nadar
20 notes

Apr 2 2012
2:02 pm
Jack Delano, A freak show at the Rutland Fair in Rutland, Vermont, September 1941. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection

Jack Delano, A freak show at the Rutland Fair in Rutland, Vermont, September 1941.

Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection

Posted 1 month ago
#1940s #vermont #new england #USA #jack delano #vintage #portrait #carnival #fair #circus
11 notes

Mar 20 2012
8:43 pm
John Ringling North and Frank Buck, who was the circus’ featured attraction in 1938.

John Ringling North and Frank Buck, who was the circus’ featured attraction in 1938.

Posted 2 months ago
#1930s #circus #elephants #elephant #vintage #ringling brothers #ring brothers barnum and bailey #circus
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Mar 13 2012
12:57 am
Felix Nadar and Adrien Tournachon, The Surprise, 1854-1855. Source: Musée de l’Elysée, Rudolfinum

Felix Nadar and Adrien Tournachon, The Surprise, 1854-1855.

Source: Musée de l’Elysée, Rudolfinum

Posted 2 months ago
#1850s #19th century #victorians #victorian #clowns #circus #clown #felix nadar #adrien tournachon
55 notes

Mar 7 2012
10:50 am
Josef Jindřich Šechtl, Jumping over a horse on Sokol slet, Prague, Czech Republic, 1901.

Josef Jindřich Šechtl, Jumping over a horse on Sokol slet, Prague, Czech Republic, 1901.

Posted 2 months ago
#1900s #vintage #prague #czech republic #czechoslovakia #josef sechtl #vintage #acrobatics #circus
8 notes

Feb 19 2012
1:53 am
Three boys walking near an elephant from the Barnes Circus. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, June 1891.

Three boys walking near an elephant from the Barnes Circus. Photograph by Wallace G. Levison. Brooklyn, New York, June 1891.

Posted 3 months ago
#1890s #brooklyn #new york #NYC #USA #new york city #wallace levison #children #elephant #elephants #circus #vintage #victorians #victorian era #19th century
19 notes

Feb 16 2012
7:55 pm
A circus performer swinging on a pole. Photograph by Cornell Capa. Oklahoma, USA, April 1947.

A circus performer swinging on a pole. Photograph by Cornell Capa. Oklahoma, USA, April 1947.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #oklahoma #USA #cornell capa #circus #acrobat #vintage
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Jan 31 2012
9:40 pm
Cornell Capa, Terry Strong, daredevil female motorcyclist, August 1948.

Cornell Capa, Terry Strong, daredevil female motorcyclist, August 1948.

Posted 3 months ago
#1940s #circus #cornell capa #motorcycle #terry strong #vintage
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