Acrobats in Spectacle Wardrobe

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Created Date
1948
Description

Chinese acrobat girls in spec wardrobe. New act this year. This lot in Mankato was on a solid bed of rock and they could not drive stakes for the big top. To guy out the tent they put wagons all around the tent and tied guy ropes to them. That is why you see so many red wagons lined up around the big top in this picture. August 1, 1948.

Partner
Illinois Digital Heritage Hub
Contributing Institution
Illinois State University
Collection
Sverre O. Braathen Circus Photo Collection
Subjects
Baggage wagons
Circus performers
Guy ropes
Portraits
Spectacle wardrobe
Location
Mankato (Minn.)
Type
image
Format
Color slides
URL
http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1412
Rights
In copyright
Chicago citation style
Acrobats in Spectacle Wardrobe. 1948. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1412. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
APA citation style
(1948) Acrobats in Spectacle Wardrobe. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1412
MLA citation style
Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/circus/id/1412>.
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