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Wild West lineup. Seils-Sterling Circus. June 19, 1937.

Lee Bros. 1934 Jerry Burrell Wild West.

T. P. Lewis, wild west performer, jumping through a rope on a horse. Wallace Bros. Circus, July 5, 1937.

Mr. Mistin, Jr. Ringling Barnum Circus. July 10, 1953.

Cowboy with hat, jeans, and boots getting thrown by bucking bronco horse in Illinois rodeo with fence and crowd. From a series of images shot by late (Peoria) Journal Star photographer and Bradley Uni…

Reb Russell, all-American half back from Northwestern University as a cowboy and Gene Enos, equestrian director, Russell Bros. Circus, July 19, 1936.

Ken Maynard, Wild West star. Cole Bros. Circus, July 17, 1937.

Kit Carson of the wild west after show. Seils-Sterling Circus. May 23, 1937.

(Left to right) Tom Mix, Mrs. Louise (Al) Ringling, and John Agee who was for many years assistant and equestrian director on the Ringling Bros. Circus. Tom Mix Circus, July 4, 1938.

Black-and-white photographic print showing nine performers with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show posing for a group portrait in a photographer’s studio. This photo was widely copied and circulated after…

View of the midway at the Lake County fairgrounds.

Demonstration and lecture about the history of Black Cowboys given to students at Jenner School in an open space half a block north of the school, in the middle of the Cabrini-Green public housing com…

(Left to right) Bob Clarke, Madison fan, and Art Mix, featured cowboy in Wild West, after show. Seils-Sterling Circus, May 22, 1938.

Horse-drawn Conestoga Wagons are parked to the right.

Cinco de Mayo parade. A mariachi places his order at the drive-thru window of a McDonald's on Cermak Road. The Mexican troubadour was part of a troupe participating in the Cinco de Mayo parade in Pils…

Images of beauty, showing people in salons, bars, etc. The Tropicana D'Cache nightclub at 2047 W. Milwaukee Avenue was home to the O.K. Corral lounge, where traditional Mexican dance music played thro…

Tom Mix on horse, Dill Mix Circus, June 14, 1934.

(Left to right) John Agee who for many years was the assistant and equestrian director of the Ringling Bros. Circus and who has just returned to the show after the funeral of his wife, and Tom Mix. To…