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Photo Album "17"

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Content

This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages. On the bottom half of each page in the album is one photo of a circus wagon. The top half of each page contains a detailed description of the wagon typed on yellow paper. There are many types of wagons from various circuses represented in this album.

Dates: 1930s-1980s

Photo Album "18"

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Content This album is a 3-ring binder with a tan pebbled-sand print on the front, edge, and back and the word TECHITE in red on the front and edge. It contains plastic photo pages and color photos affixed to black paper. The first twelve photos are of performers in the Wenatchee Youth Circus in Wenatchee, WA. Then there are sixteen photos of The Pickle Family Circus performances. The rest of the photos are all of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at the San Diego Sports Arena. Most...
Dates: 1930s-1980s

Photo Album "19", 1926 - 1937

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Content This album is a white 3-ring binder with plastic photo pages and photos affixed to black paper. The first seven pages are of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey train cars and correspond to some of the lists of descriptions that are tucked into the front pocket of the album. However, several of the lists of photo descriptions do not appear to match any of the photos in the album. After the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey photos, there are thirty-nine photos of Al G. Barnes &...
Dates: 1926 - 1937

Photo Album "20", 1960s (Most)

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Content

This album is a white 3-ring binder. Photos are glued onto black paper. Subjects of photos include circus aerialists, clowns, acrobats, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus wagons, Circo Bell's Hnos. wagons, A.G. Barnes circus wagons, Diamond Jim Parker, Westgate Park in San Diego. Many of the 8 x 10 black and white photographs of clowns are autographed to Everett M. Smith. Most of the photographs appear to be from the early 1960s.

Dates: 1960s (Most)

Photo Album "21"

 File — Box: 38
Scope and Content

This red three-ring binder consists of 27 double-sided black photo pages of 4 x 5 color photos, most of them appearing to be from one particular circus show., most likely Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. The photos depict clown acts, aerialists, acrobats, animal tricks, people riding elephants, etc. Some of the last few pages consist of photos which have been "tagged" with names: Lou Jacobs, Jim Parker, etc.

Dates: 1930s-1980s