Wallace & Co.'s International Circus and Menagerie 1888
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- Created Date
- 1888
- 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
Great Wallace Shows
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois State University
- Collection
- Circus Route Books
- Subjects
- Wallace, B. E. (Benjamin E.), 1848-1921
Anderson, James
Cobb, Willis
Hamilton, Jas
Hummel, John
Wallace, Ben
Weldon, R. W
Circus
Circus animals
Circus bands
Circus performers
Circus workers
Circuses (performances)
Entertainers
Acrobatics
Aerialists
Albinos
Animal trainers
Animals
Camels
Clowns
Contortionists
Cowboys
Dancers
Dwarfs
Elephants
Equestrian drama
Equestrians
Fire eaters
Horse Sports
Human curiosities
Impalement act
Jockeys
Menageries
Orators
Puppets
Sideshows
Telepathy
Aikers, Carrie
Alberta, Miss
Cavalier, Lillian
Cavalier, Vinnie
Drayton, Herr
Drayton, Mrs
Ewers, Charles
Fisher, Burton
Fisher, Fred
Hassel, F
Hassel, Mrs
Heller, Maud
McKay, Robert
McMahon, Charles
O’Brien, Ted
O'Dale, Mrs
O'Dale, William
Osborne, Harry
Paree, Pauline
Sanders, Joe B
Speck, Curtis
Speck, Harry
Sweeney, Charles H
Sweeney, Frank
Sweeney, Mrs
Taylor, Wm
Walton, David
Walton, Hiram
Walton, John
Walton, Reno
Zelma, Mrs
Zelma, Professor
Accarris and Sister
Cavalier Sisters
Concert Orchestra
First Band
Harry and Curtis Speck
Martial Band
Punch and Judy
Second Band
Goetze, Wm. F
McMonies, James
Mitchell, Will S
Rudolphsen, Gust - 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
- Great Wallace Shows. Wallace & Co.'s International Circus and Menagerie 1888. 1888. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9196. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Great Wallace Shows, (1888) Wallace & Co.'s International Circus and Menagerie 1888. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9196
- MLA citation style
- Great Wallace Shows. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/9196>.