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Box 36

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Contains 8 Results:

Photo Album "1", 1970s (Most)

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content Most of the photos are in plastic photo pages in a green 3-ring binder. Pages at the back are green scrapbook pages with photos glued directly onto the paper. Most of the photos are candid color photos of circus events and animals (1970s?); the business card of Lou Kreischer is in one of the photo pockets. There are some black and white 8 x 10 photos in the album also including many of clowns. One of them is autographed to "Lou" by Diamond Jim Parker. Most of the 8 x 10 photos as well...
Dates: 1970s (Most)

Photo Album "2", 1908-1946

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos pasted onto black paper inside the photo pages. The first twenty-six photos appear to be of a Ringling Brothers circus parade in 1909. People are riding horses, elephants, and camels in the parade. There are nine small black and white photos of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus in 1920. Next, there are 12 parade photos of the Ringling Bros. Circus in 1908 taken in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The...
Dates: 1908-1946

Photo Album "3", 1900-1942

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content

This album is a 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos affixed to black paper. The first group of 12 photos is labeled "Christy Wagon Set." The next 14 photos are labeled "World Jungle Compound Set: Thousand Oaks, CA." The following 4 photos are of Al G. Barnes circus wagons in 1934. The remainder of the album consists of photos from the Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus (circa 1900), Cole Bros. Circus (1942), and the Sells-Floto Circus (undated, but starring Tom Mix).

Dates: 1900-1942

Photo Album "4", 1930-1973

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content

This album consists of two green 3-ring binders with plastic photo pages. The photos are pasted onto black paper. The photos are of different types of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus wagons. There are several sheets of folded paper tucked into the front pocket of the first green binder (Album 4 part 1). Most of the photos in the album are labeled--the papers contain a key for this labeling system and give a description and a date for each photo.

Dates: 1930-1973

Photo Album "5", 1916-1943

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos pasted onto black paper inside the photo pages. The first eighteen photos are of Al G. Barnes circus wagons, animals, and signs, taken in 1939. The next twenty-four photos, taken in 1934, depict Al G. Barnes wagons, signs, and elephants. Two of the photos in the set show a tent being set up. Then there are thirty-nine photos from 1935 of Cole Bros. as well as Cole Bros. with Clyde Beatty Circus wagons and signs. The set...
Dates: 1916-1943

Photo Album "6", 1927-1938

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos pasted onto black paper inside the photo pages. First, there are seven photos of Campbell Bros. performers, animals, and advertisements. Then there are twenty-four photos, including some of Cole Bros. trains, horses, and performers. The next fifteen photos depict Arthur Bros. trains, train cars, and tents. Next, there are thirty-five photos of Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. trucks, animals, and performers. There is a set...
Dates: 1927-1938

Photo Album "7", 1922-1946

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos pasted onto black paper inside the photo pages. The first photo page contains a two-sided handwritten 1946 letter from Charles Philip Fox to J.A. Shields regarding a photo trade agreement. There seem to have been several photos of various circuses (including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, Hagenbeck-Wallace, Al G. Barnes and Sells-Floto) enclosed with the letter. The first eleven photos are of spectators,...
Dates: 1922-1946

Photo Album "8", 1939-1969

 File — Box: 36
Scope and Content

This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos pasted onto black paper inside the photo pages. All of the photos depict Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey train cars and tractors. There are a few sheets of paper tucked into the back of the binder. These papers use the letter-number labels handwritten on the photos to match each photo with a description and a date.

Dates: 1939-1969