Route of the Sells Brothers Great European Millionaire Museum, Menagerie, Circus, and Stupendous Confederation of Railroad Shows for the Season of 1881
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- 1881
- 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
Sells Bros. Circus
- Contributing Institution
- Illinois State University
- Collection
- Circus Route Books
- Subjects
- Sells, Ephraim, 1834-1898
Sells, Lewis, 1841-1907
Sells, Peter, 1845-1904
Sells, Allen
Sells, Willie, 1866-1908
Marsden, J. P
McDonald, G. B
Murray, Colonel Jno
Stow, Charles
Circus
Circus animals
Circus bands
Circus performers
Circus workers
Circuses (performances)
Entertainers
Acrobatics
Aerialists
Albinos
Animal trainers
Animals
Clowns
Dancers
Dogs
Dwarfs
Equestrian drama
Equestrians
Giants
Glassblowing
Hippopotamus
Horse Sports
Human curiosities
Native Americans
Magicians
Menageries
Minstrel music
Minstrel shows
Monkeys
Orators
Sharpshooters
Shooters of firearms
Sideshows
Singers
Snakes
Ventriloquists
Bell, James
Billings, Ed
Brusted
Butler, Frank E., 1847-1926
Butler, Thos
Chaope, Wm
Chapman, Cherry
Che Mah, 1838-1926
Chowe, Pete
Cobb, Willis
Conda, Cob
Conklin, Peter, 1842-1924
Davenport, Louis
Delhauer, Wm
Drayton, Herr
Duprey, Ed. L
Evans, J. Edward
Foster, John
Garland, George
Garland, Mrs. George
Garwood, Mrs. C
Gorman, William E
Graham, John E
Harrington, Frank
Harrington, Mrs. Frank
Howard, Frank
Howell, Lorraine
Hunting, Clarisse, Mrs
Hunting, Mrs. Robert
Hunting, Robert, approximately 1842-1902
Jasper, Marie
Jasper, Neut
Jasper, Thomas
Kelley, George M
King Sarbro, approximately 1842-1882
Kokomo
Lee, Pauline
Leslie, Fred H
Leslie, Lewis A
Louretta
Major Mite
Master George
Mendoza, Fred
Middlecoff, Landon
Minott, Maggie, 1859-1908
Moody, John R
Neary, Ed
Orville, Charles T
Rentfrew, Jean N
Rentfrew, Mrs. Jean N
Robinson, Clarence
Robinson, James
Roltair
Sarbro, Mrs. K
Shipsche, John
Wairas, George
Wright, Wm. H
Brusted the Giant
Che Mah the Dwarf
Circus Band
Graham and Butler Crack Rifle Shots of the World
Japanese King Sarbro
Performing Colorado Cattle
Side Show Band
Ute Indians
Willis Cobb’s Miniature Circus of Dogs, Monkeys, and Goats
Heck, Profesor L
Roadman, T. S. (Thomas Stephen), 1844-1909
Thompson, R. N. (Robert N.), 1858-1936 - Location
- Bloomington (Ill.)
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Wisconsin - Type
- text
- Format
- Circus route books
- Language
- English
- Rights
- This work is in the public domain under U.S. copyright law.
- Chicago citation style
- Sells Bros. Circus. Route of the Sells Brothers Great European Millionaire Museum, Menagerie, Circus, and Stupendous Confederation of Railroad Shows for the Season of 1881. 1881. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/6074. (Accessed March 28, 2024.)
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- Sells Bros. Circus, (1881) Route of the Sells Brothers Great European Millionaire Museum, Menagerie, Circus, and Stupendous Confederation of Railroad Shows for the Season of 1881. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/6074
- MLA citation style
- Sells Bros. Circus. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15990coll5/id/6074>.