This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2023
Collection of Circus Related Photographs and Ephemera. Includes Rocky Springs Park cardboard sign (Lancaster, PA: The Harrison Co.); The Circus World newspaper (2 examples, 1946); Cowgirl Company photograph (Sterling Press, 1993); Mills Bros. 3 Ring Circus cardboard ticket display; Shrine Circus cardboard display; photograph of the Dentzel Carousel (State College, PA: 1983); photocopy of Gargantuan the Great (New York: Dispatch Photo News Service, 1930s); photograph of a Boston circus (2 examples, reprints); and a poster of Col. W.F. Cody “Buffalo Bill,” and the Congress of Rough Riders of the World (Wisconsin: Circus World Museum). Largest 25 ½ x 17”. Widest 44”. Toning to newsprint. With a group of 19 Circus Advertisements and Other Ephemera. 20th century. Including: Al G. Barnes Circus, Col. Uden and His Famous Trained Animals, Cole Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Robbins Bros, and James E. Strates Shows. Circus. Largest 16 x 20”. Closed tears, losses. Dry mounted. Includes a pair of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus money bags. – Two canvas money bags, each with “Ringling Bros.” printed in blue and one with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus logo. Reproduction. Light staining, but apparently unused. – With 9 original and reproduced photographs and materials on sideshow performers such as “the tallest man in the world,” Johann K. Petursson, the biggest couple in the world, the Fischers, Baron Nowak, and others. Largest 8 ¾ x 11”. Tearing to some edges. Overall, good.