Route Book of Hurlburt, Hunting, and Frost's Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows, Hyppocynagon, Menagerie, Gymnasium and Trained Animal Exhibition Season 1887
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- 1887
- 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 ...
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Hurlburt, Hunting and Frost Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois State University
- Collection
- Circus Route Books
- Subjects
- Frost, Hyatt, 1827-1895
Hunting, Robert, approximately 1842-1902
Hurlburt, D. P
Cary, O. S
Douds, John
Eggleston, Lall
Francis, George
Circus
Circus animals
Circus bands
Circus performers
Circus workers
Circuses (performances)
Entertainers
Acrobatics
Aerialists
Albinos
Alligators
Animal trainers
Animals
Clowns
Comedians
Contortionists
Cowboys
Dancers
Dogs
Equestrian drama
Equestrians
Fire eaters
Horse Sports
Human curiosities
Juggling
Magicians
Menageries
Monkeys
Puppets
Sideshows
Singers
Snake charmers
Sword swallowers
Sword swallowing
Telepathy
Ventriloquists
Beatty, Ida
Beatty, Thomas R
Comstock, Charles
Gillespie, Ida
Griffin, Charles Eldridge
Hunting, Clarisse, Mrs
Hunting, Lew, 1874-1933
Lampkin, O. P
Meredith, Albert
Miller, Jessie
Olivia, Mlle
Ricardo, M. J
Big Show Band
Comstock and Eggleston
Concert Orchestra
Coney Island Band
Griffin the Wonder Worker
Olivia the White Witch
Prof. D. P. Hurlburt's troupe of Educated Horses
Prof. Hurlburt's School of Thoroughbred Dogs
Punch and Judy
Ricardo and Fitz
Scotty and Fly
Telescopic Cowboy
Hampton, John
Miller, L. P - Location
- New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania - Type
- text
- Format
- Circus route books
- Language
- English
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- 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].
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- Hurlburt, Hunting and Frost Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows. Route Book of Hurlburt, Hunting, and Frost's Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows, Hyppocynagon, Menagerie, Gymnasium and Trained Animal Exhibition Season 1887. 1887. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/8318. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Hurlburt, Hunting and Frost Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows, (1887) Route Book of Hurlburt, Hunting, and Frost's Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows, Hyppocynagon, Menagerie, Gymnasium and Trained Animal Exhibition Season 1887. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/8318
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- Hurlburt, Hunting and Frost Great Ten-Cent Railroad Shows. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/8318>.