Official Route Walter L. Main Circus 44th Annual Tour Founded 1879 Season 1923
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- 1923
- Description
The terminology used to describe circus act types and performance act names have changed greatly over the past two centuries. While these descriptions are often offensive and no longer acceptable today, the historical language has been transcribed in its original form in order to accurately convey past ideologies and reveal past experiences. The collection contains depictions of people representative of the cultural context in which these circus ...
- Creator
Walter L. Main Circus
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois State University
- Collection
- Circus Route Books
- Subjects
- Main, Walter L., 1862-1950
Downie, Andrew, 1863-1930
Bradley, A. C
Heron, James
Circus
Circus animals
Circus bands
Circus performers
Circus workers
Circuses (performances)
Entertainers
Aerialists
Animal trainers
Animals
Armless wonder
Bag puncher
Camels
Clowns
Comedians
Cowboys
Dwarfs
Elephants
Equestrians
Gorilla
Human curiosities
Impalement act
Menageries
Musical act
Orators
Rats
Sideshows
Singers
Ventriloquists
Wild west shows
Wrestling
Anthony, George
Brock, Alex
Brock, Edna
Chief Yellow Bird
Clark, George
Clark, May
Clifford, Tex
Coddins, Cookie
Coddins, Jack
Codona, Alfreda
Codona, Clara
Codona, Lala
Coffee, Joe
Cress, Harry
Cummings, John
Darragh, Don
Davis, Mrs. Jack
Dot, Major
Eldridge, Charley
Evans, Bob
Flannigan, Freddie
Gallucci, Marie
Gallucci, Nick
George, Fern
Gill, Vance
Gunnshannon, Joe
Hanley, Margaret
Hanley, Mr
Jones, Mrs. William
Kitchie, Si
Laird, Horace
Lamonte, Mickey
LaPearl, Jack
Lawson, George
Lawson, Mr
Leherrer, Myrtle
Lewis, Bill
Lloyd, Pollie
Lloyd, Violet
Lloyd, Willie
Londos, Nick
Loyd, Mr
Maximo
McCoy, Frank
Mohamed, Amzzill
Mohamed, Bhee B
Mohamed, Hassen
Orton, Mrs
Ott, Vernon
Powell, George
Riley, Thomas
Roberts, Stewart
Sheriff, H
Snyder, Dot
Sweeney, Charles H
Sweeney, Mrs. Chas
Thompson, Frank
Thompson, Lottie
Van Dousen, John
Wirth, May, 1894-1978
Wirth, Mrs
Wirth, Phil
Wirth, Stella
Worley, F
Big Band Show
Eddie & Tillie Rowan
Jack Coddins & Wife
Jungleland Show
Maximo the Cuban Wonder
Side Show Band
Snakene the Indian Mystery
Wirth Family
Riverside Place - Location
- Bloomington (Ind.)
Delaware
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin - Type
- text
- Format
- Circus route books
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This work is protected by copyright or other associated rights. For uses not permitted by U.S. copyright law under fair use, obtain permission from the rights owner [Feld Entertainment].
- Chicago citation style
- Walter L. Main Circus. Official Route Walter L. Main Circus 44th Annual Tour Founded 1879 Season 1923. 1923. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9562. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Walter L. Main Circus, (1923) Official Route Walter L. Main Circus 44th Annual Tour Founded 1879 Season 1923. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9562
- MLA citation style
- Walter L. Main Circus. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9562>.