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Hartford Circus Fire Wooden Stake Artifact. A charred piece of wood with a cast iron ring at the end, possibly a tent stake, recovered from the deadly circus fire in Hartford, Conn. on July 6, 1944, during an afternoon appearance by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. Paper identification tag. 12 x 2 x 2”. Provenance: Collection of Carl “Pop” Haussman.