Photo Album "16", 1899 - 1937
Scope and Content
This album is a 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos affixed to black paper. There are several lists of descriptions of photos available for sale tucked into the front pocket of the album. The first six photos in the album are of women on horses, from the Cole Bros. Circus in 1935. Next are fifteen photos of a Sparks Circus parade in 1927. Then there are fifteen photos of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in Decater, IL. There are two photos from the Terrell Jacobs Circus in 1912. Next are fourteen photos of 1938 Hagenbeck-Wallace elephants, tents, and trains. The following twenty photos are smaller, mostly of Al G. Barnes animals. Then there are six 1912 photos of Howe’s Great London show in Ontario. There are eight photos of the Buffalo Bill show in 1911, then five of Forepaugh and Sells Bros. tents in 1910, three of the Ringling Bros. Circus in 1913, and three of the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1912. There is one photo each of a 1934 Hagenbeck-Wallace animal wagon; a 1929 Sparks Circus in Milwaukee, WI; Walter Main Circus flats being unloaded in 1918; Gollmar Bros. elephants in 1910; 101 Ranch Wild West Side Show spectators in 1911; and a 1910 Howe’s Great London tent. Then there are three photos of the John Robinson Circus in 1899 and 1901, one photo of 1914 Sells-Floto spectators in California, and finally three photos taken in Birmingham, AL of a Barnum & Bailey wagon and spectators in 1913 and 1901.
Dates
- Creation: 1899 - 1937
Creator
- From the Collection: Rodgers, Ralph (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner, Percy (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Extent
From the Collection: 76 Linear Feet (71 boxes, 2 metal trunks)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu