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Box 55

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Decals

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

Silver Springs, Florida; Circus World Museum (2)

Sarasota, Florida; flag, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (2 sheets, total of 4 stickers)

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Ephemera

Miscellaneous

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

Membership cards for Ralph Rodgers and other small miscellaneous cards.

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Ephemera

American flags

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

9 small American flags

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Ball-point pens

 Item — Box: 55
Scope and Content

13 ball-point pens with erasers: Big John Strong (5); Pat Rodgers and Rodgers Bros. (8)

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Button pins: Carson & Barnes

 Item — Box: 55
Scope and Content

2 circular yellow buttons for Carson & Barnes

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Cloth sign: Al G. Barnes

 Item — Box: 55
Scope and Content

Hand lettered and drawn sign for "The Al G. Barns Big 3-ring Wild Animal Circus. The show thats differnt." [sic]

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Patches

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

6 patches: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey (3); Al G. Barnes Ring (3)

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Pocket buttons

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

12 white metal pocket buttons with the words "We're going to the Shrine Circus" and pictures of a hippo, giraffe, tiger, and man's head.

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Name badges and ribbons

 File — Box: 55
Scope and Content

Most ribbons/badges indicate Circus Model Builders conventions with names of Ralph Rodgers or Mary Ann Rodgers. One ribbon is for Louis W. Kreischer, Circus Historical Society National Convention, 1949.

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts

Playing cards: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey

 Item — Box: 55
Scope and Content

Deck of playing cards in plastic box. Has the words "Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey, Circus World" and a picture of two lions.

Dates: 1930s-1980s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections / Ralph Rodgers and Percy Turner Circus collection / Artifacts
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