Performers on Horses
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityWild West lineup. Seils-Sterling Circus. June 19, 1937.
Group of Circus Fans and Owners
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Jessie (Mrs. Walter) Gollmar, Pauline Webb, Dr. Thomas W. Tormey of Madison, and Claude Webb. The Webbs are owners of the circus. Russell Bros Circus, June 8, 1935.
Ticket Wagon and Sideshow Banners
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityBig show ticket wagon and sideshow banners. Hagenbeck Wallace Circus. August 27, 1932.
Performers in Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Back, left to right) June Garlick, Joan Smith, Lillian Blakeman and Betty Horrocks. (Front, left to right), Linda Blakeman and Sheila Pugh. English girls.
Sverre O. Braathen posing at a side show ticket box, dated June 8, 1935
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversitySverre O. Braathen in side show ticket box.
Head-Balancing Act
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityIllorna Sisters. New Czech aerial act in 1966. Circus was on a new lot on the far Northwest side of the city. June 6, 1966.
Elephants in Parade
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityElephants in the street parade. Cole Bros. Circus, July 17, 1937.
Band on Bandwagon
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityVic Robbins and his band mounted on the lion and mirror bandwagon and hitched up and ready to leave the lot. Cole Bros. Circus, July 17, 1937.
Sideshow scene with crowd at Russel Bros. circus, dated June 8, 1935
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityRussell Bros. sideshow.
Performers in Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Evelyn Kent, Sheila Pugh, Gladys Rimmer, Sylvia Downes and Brenda Gorring. English girls.
Performer Holding Snakes
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityMary Pomfert with snakes. June 17, 1946.
Clowns
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Roy Herman and N. C. Brosius, clowns. Seils-Sterling Circus, June 19, 1937.
Bandwagon in Parade
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversitySecond band on France bandwagon in the street parade.
Circus Audience
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Jesse (Mrs. Walter) Gollmar and Mrs. William Brady, wife of big top boss canvasman, sitting on seats in big top.
Circus Performer and Daughter
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityErnest Clarke who for many years was the first man to do the triple somersault in a flying and return act and featured aerialist in the Clarkonian flying and return act. Hagenbeck Wallace Circus. Augu…
Performers in Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Anne Collins and Jonnie Mae Snyder.