Scope and Content

This subseries consists of Ralph Rodgers' own notes and drawings for his model circuses. Many of the diagrams have mathematical calculations related to size and scale of the wagons, tents, people, etc in the miniature circuses.

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This small subseries contains flyers and other ephemera advertising the Rodgers Bros. Circus.

Scope and Content

Two cardboard popcorn boxes-- James Bros. Circus, and King Bros. Circus/ Sells and Gray

Scope and Content From the Series:

There are a few truly ephemeral items in this series such as circus decals and popcorn boxes, but the majority of the series consists of colorful circus posters of many different circuses spanning at least five decades. Many of the older ones are in poor condition due to their previous storage but were kept for their rarity or the short-livedness of the circus such as the Dailey Bros. Circus in the 1940s.

Scope and Content

Three large folded color posters; several small pictures torn from magazines and calendars. Most circus or animal-themed.

Scope and Content Unused writing paper and envelopes with various circus addresses and logos: Clyde Beatty--Cole Bros. Circus, Monte Carlo Festival Cirque Spectacular, Culpepper-Merriweather Circus, Hamid Circus Royale, Royal Rajah Circus, Circus Model Builders and Owners Association, The Great Hippodrome, The John Pawling Circus, The American Circus Corporation, California Circus Corporation, Big John Strong, Karland's 3-Ring Magic Circus, Circus Vargas, Circus Historical Society, Bell Bros. Circus, Circus...

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Four membership certificates awarded to Ralph Rodgers:

1) Circus Historical Society, 1962

2) Circus Model Builders and Owners Association, 1957

3) World War II Memorial Society, 1997

4) Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1999 (with form letter from Thomas A. Pouliot, Commander-in-Chief)