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Al. G. Barnes Circus Photo Scrapbook. American, ca. 1930s. Oblong 4to leather scrapbook (10 x 13”), containing approximately 150 mounted snapshots, and a handful of commercial photographs, all or the vast majority of the Al. G. Barnes Circus. Dazzling array of images of performers, including equestriennes, circus beauties and dancers, Ubangi, aerialists and high-wire artists, clowns, and many animals (elephants, seals, dogs, hippopotamuses, camels, zebras, and horses). Many of the images with Barnes wagons and tents visible. Size generally 4 ½ x 2 7/8”. Most held in corner mounts, some detached. Series of images with date 1933 and place (Shawnee, OK) printed in the negative. A spectacular scrapbook with many lovely images. One of the images in this scrapbook was published in Taschen’s The Circus: 1870s-1950s (2008), p. 172.