Spreading Big Top Canvas
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversitySpreading the canvas for the big top. There were a number of people watching them erect the tents. July 13, 1956.
Production Girl in Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityBobby Warriner, production girl in yellow wardrobe
Performers on Horses
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityWild West lineup. Seils-Sterling Circus. June 19, 1937.
Performers in Spectacle Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityPanorama of some spec girls at back door curtain. August 8, 1947.
Performer on Horse
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityVerna Lindemann on horse. Seils-Sterling Circus, May 24. 1936.
Aerialists in Wardrobe
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversitySally Cartier, her sister Pat, aerialists, and their mother Sarah. State Fair Park lot, August 13, 1946.
Big Top Interior
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityInterior of Atterbury Bros. Circus big top. June 27, 1936.
Circus Lot Panorama
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityPanorama of circus lot on the shore of Lake Erie and near the big municipal baseball and football stadium. In the foreground can be seen highway U.S. 20. You walk or drive underneath this highway as w…
Big Top Interior
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityInterior of Kelly Miller Circus. This was a five-ring circus. No chair grand stand. Seats seven rows high. Show seats 1,800. This is one of the nicest truck shows on the road. Business down about 25%…
Performers on Spectacle Train Float
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityGirls on the spec train. First they walked around the hippodrome track and then rode the train around the hippodrome track. August 11, 1946.
Circus Lot Scene
View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityPerforming horses staked out. Ringling Barnum Circus, July 9, 1956.
Performers Riding in Carriage
View Full Item in Illinois State University(Left to right) Donna Cameron of Vancouver, B. C. Canada, Reggie Bogart, and Verena Lawrence on a menage buggy, lakefront lot. August 11, 1947.
Statue Act
Clarke, Charles, 1878-1951View Full Item in Illinois State UniversityStatue act performing in big top.