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White Tops

Partial Index of Articles, 1942 - 1950

1927-1942 1943-1950 1951-1960 1961-1969

1970-1976 1977-1984 1985-1992 1993-1997

White Tops is the official magazine of the Circus Fans Association. This list was privately compiled and is not a complete listing of every article in past issues. Some articles were not included and/or probably missed. There may be errors. CFA has indexed recent issues on their website (click on link above). Check with your local librarian to find sources for issues of White Tops.

1943

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Walter McLain		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 2	Death, superintendent elephants Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Dedication of the Hertzberg Circus Collection	Smith, A. Morton	1942-43	16	No. 1-2	pp. 3-5	Harry Hertzberg, San Antonio Library
He Looked Like Sanger		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	pp. 7-8, 17	Billy Allen, Circus Fan
Circus Season of 1942	Grace, John P.	1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 9	Review
Check List of Principal Circus Articles and Associated Subjects in Magazines, Year 1942	Wilson, Burt L.	1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p.10
Bill Montague's Trip to the Convention That Was Not Held		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 11
All-American Circus Performance for 1942		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	pp. 12, 14	CFA's choice best performers, acts
How the Big Show Was Loaded in 1932		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	pp. 13-14	Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Zoo Attendance versus Gasoline Rationing		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	pp. 18-19	War time, 1942
(Buck Jones death)		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 21	Wild West rider
Jacobs States That Modoc Is Not Bad Elephant		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 22	Runaway, 1942
Walter McClain Killed at Jacksonville, Florida		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p.23	1942
Circus Fans Night on Cole Bros. Circus . . .		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 25	1942
Circus Routes		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p. 26	Ringling-Barnum, Cole Bros.
Animals were McLain's Friends	Kelley, Beverly	1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p.27	Walter McClain, elephant trainer
Juggler Extraordinary Among Stars of "This Is the Army" Hit		1942-43	16	No. 1-2	p.27	Larry Weeks
Man Who Stuffed Jumbo		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 2	Death, Charles Howell Ward
Trainer Says Dogs Are Never Too Old For New Tricks		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 2	Rudd Weatherwax
Born to the Business A Sketch of Circusman Bert Cole	Sturtevant, C.G.	1943	16	No. 3-4	pp. 3-4, 12
Robert Ringling Guest of Cooper Top - Show to Go Out with Old Style Canvas		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 5	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
P. G. Lowery		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 6	Musician, death 1942
Earl Shipley		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 6	Clown
Do You Remember? Performers Engaged for Hagenbeck-Wallace Season 1924		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 7
Auction of the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus	Conley, Henry, MD	1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 8	1905
Additions to 1942 List of Circus Articles in Magazines		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 8
Roxie, Powers Elephant Act Leader, Dies		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 9	1943
Ringling Bros. Circus in New England States, New York and New Jersey 1894-1900		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 10
Merle Evans Presesnted With Air Calliope by Tent Members		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 11	Band leader
I saw Buffalo Bill on Dramatic Stage Before His Wild West Days	Garvie, Billy S.	1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 12
New Three-Ring Circus Ready to Travel in April		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 13	Victory Circus 1943 Bud Anderson
Notes From the Zoos		1943	16	No. 3-4	p. 16
Jean Allen		1943	16	No. 5-6	cover	Photograph, Cole Bros., 1943
Answer for the W. P. B.		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 2	Labor shortage 1943
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Russell, Mills, Wallace)		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 4	1943
CFA Covers Big Show Opening in New York City	Ensworth, Bob	1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 5-6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Circus Books and Magazines		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 6
Two Day Visit with Cole Bros. Circus	Gregory, Tom Gregory, Winnie	1943	16	No. 5-6	pp. 7-8	Cole Bros., 1943
Russell Bros. Circus Opened to Good Business	Lewis, Dick	1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 9	1943
Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus Visited by A. Morton Smith		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 10	1943
Curly Misses Potter's Field Finds Friends		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 10	Sword Swallower, 1943
Mills Bros. Circus Opened at Ashland, Ohio		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 11	1943
Temper of Monkey Star Too Much for Zoo Show		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 11	St. Louis Zoo, 1943
Leopard Claws Woman Trainer		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 12	May Kovar
Charles Sparks Manager of Garden Show "Spangles"		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 12	RBBB 1943
Hunt Opened Season at Summerville, N.J.		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 13	Hunt Bros. 1943
Miracles Really Can Happen Famous Rueben Ray Family Finally Located		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 13
Notes from the Zoos		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 15	1943
Gives Circus Collection to Library at Howard		1943	16	No. 5-6	p. 16	George Brinton Beal Harvard Theater Collection
Publicity Mats Used by Russell Bros. Circus		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	back cover	1943
Big Show Moves after Matinee at Chicago		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B., War travel, 1943
60th Annual Tour of the Ringling Show		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	pp. 3-4	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Barnum of the Sticks	Powers, Murray	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	pp. 5-6, 12	Small Circuses
Going Places with Cole Brothers Circus	Silloway, Perley M.	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	pp. 7-8	Cole Bros., 1943
Notes from the Zoos		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 8	1943
Launching the Liberty Ship P. T. Barnum		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 9	1943
Spangles Clown Proud of His Art		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 10	A. Robins
"Diamond Dick" Dies at Age of 74		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 10	Richard Tanner, marksman, show owner
Visits Show		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p.11	James M. Cole, 1943
Civil War Circus Days at Hartford, Connecticut	Garvie, Billy S.	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 11
Old Friends - Fred Work and Alice	Garvie, Billy S.	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 11	Elephant Alice
James L. Shuster Visits James M. Cole Circus	Garvie, Billy S.	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 11
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Russell, Mills)		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 12	1943
Flying Millettes Quit Big Top to Enter Fafnir Arsenal . . .		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p.13	War, 1943
Circus Cancels Performance After Day of Reverses		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p.14	Dailey Bros. 1943
Three Weeks with Russell Bros. Circus	Marcks, Donald	1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 14	1943
Big One in New England		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 15	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1943
Spangles Closes but Will not Take to the Road		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 15	RBBB 1943
(Tent used for third War Loan Drive)		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p.15	Larry Sunbrock 1943
John T. Benson		1943	16	No. 7-8-9	p. 15	Death, animal importer
How the "American Giant" Circus Strongman Became English Ring Champ	Garavie, Billy S.	1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 2	Charley Freeman 1840s
Circus Labor Shortage Barnum & Bailey in 1903 . . .	Shettel, James W.	1943	16	No.10-11-12	pp. 3-5, 10
He Doesn't Have to Wait for Ringlings	Beal, George B.	1943	16	No.10-11-12	pp. 7-8	Miniature Circus, Eric Olson
Death Takes John T. Benson		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 9	Animal importer
Sam Gumpertz Marries		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 10	Beatrice Francis Wood
Violent Circus Days	Sturtevant, C. G.	1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 11	1865-66
Great Peters Killed at St. Louis		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p.12	Aloys Peters, hanging act
Clawed, Chawed and Hospitalized 5 Years Keeper Still Trusts Pets		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 12	Capt Curley Wilson animal trainer
Circus Fan Writes Frank M. Sparks Column. . .		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 13	Performers
Tiny Circus Entertains U.S. Troops in Africa		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 14	Cirque Antonio
Front-Line Circus Troupe Big Hit with Red Fighters	Pozdneva, Olga	1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 14	Circus Troupe in Leningrad
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Mills)		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p.14	1943
New Orleans Fans Visit Performers at Pontchartrain Beach		1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 15	1943
Boston Shrine Circus	Montague, Bill	1943	16	No.10-11-12	p. 15	Hamid-Morton 1943

1944

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Marker Erected to Memory of Circus Elephant Killed		1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 2	Cole Bros., Elephant "Pitt", 1943
Barnum's Telegram to Bailey for Elephant Advertized		1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 4
Zoo Notes		1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 4	Zoo
Famous Family of American Performers	Sturtevant, C.G.	1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 5	Equestrians, Davenport Family
Are Circus Performers Human	Wireman, George	1944	17	No. 1-2	p.19	Ringling Bros. B. & B., Merle Evans Bandmaster
Season of 1943		1944	17	No. 1-2	p.22	Al G. Kelly-Miller Bros, Route, 1943
Circus Premiere		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Tribute to Baraboo		1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 2	Ringling Bros.
Beatrice M. Offineer CFA . . .		1944	17	No. 1-2	p. 3	Circuses, shows, freaks in India
Cronin to Have Circus on West Coast		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 3	S. L. Cronin 1944
Polack Bros. Shrine Circus		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 4	Program, 1944
Famed Ringling Horseman Dies		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 4	Herman Ostermaier
There Are Still Real Troupers	Lewis, Dick	1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 6	Cole Bros. 1944
Check List of Magazine Articles Containing Circus Material	Wilson, Burt L.	1944	17	No. 3-4	pp. 7-8	Artical Index 1943
Big Show to Give Two Shows Under Canvas . . .		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 10	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Letter		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 11	Parker & Watts last parades
List of Circuses and Menageries of the Season of 1844		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 11
Barnum's Great Show		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 11	1872
Original Wildmen of Borneo at Hartford, Conn., in 1855	Garvie, Billy	1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 11	1855
Circuses in England Last Winter		1944	17	No. 3-4	p.12
Polack Bros. Circus Civic Center, Hammond, Indiana		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 12	Program 1944
Circus		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 12	London, England
Frieda an Elephant That Didn't Forget	Collier, Joe	1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 13	Louis E. Reed
Belatedly, but Still Happily Rudynoffs Become United States Citizens	Collier, Joe	1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 13
Beatty and Concello Combined Shows . . .		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 14	Clyde Beatty-Russell Bros.
Barnum Great Showman, but No Botanist		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 15
Tornado Hits Circus		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 15	Al G. Kelly 1944
Great Showman but No Botanist		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 15	Barnum
Tornado Hits Circus		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 15	Kelly-Miller, Tornado, 1944
Circus Winter Quarters 1901		1944	17	No. 3-4	p. 16	List
Mrs. Adele Gruber		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 2	Death, wife of Max Gruber
Big Show Bond Sale Successful in New York		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Good Ship Dexter Fellows		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 2	Liberty ship, 1944, Dexter W. Fellows
Big Show As Presented in New York	Ensworth, Bob	1944	17	No. 5-6	pp. 3-4	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Cole Bros. Presents a Well Balanced Program	Knecht, Karl Kae	1944	17	No. 5-6	pp. 5-6	1944 show
Clyde Beatty-Russell Bros. Combined Circus	Anderson, Dick	1944	17	No. 5-6	pp. 7-8	1944 show
Gainsville Circus Has 183 Members in the Service		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 8	Closed 1944 Globe Bros. Circus
American Girl with Red Cross in India Attends Native Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 9	Prof. Deval's Wonder Circus
Emmett Kelly Cuts the Cake		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 10	Kelly's Marriage
President's Page		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 11	Mills Bros. 1944
James H. Northridge, CFA Rides Big Show Train to N.Y.	Moiles, William	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Dailey Bros. New Ten Car Railroad Show	Smith, A. Morton	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 13	Program 1944
Jay Gould's Circus Has Bad Break in Rochelle		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 15	1944
List of Famous Musical Directors of Big Show Bands on Circuses, Past and Present	Sturtevant, C. G.	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 16	Bandmasters by Circus
Opening of Terrell Jacobs Wild Animal Circus at Peru		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 17	1944
Circus Fan Realizes Ambition to Own His Big Top Show	Smith, A. Morton	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 18	Vernon Pratt, Hugo Bros, 1944
Mills Bros. Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 19	Program 1944
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Dailey, Mills, Beatty-Russell)		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 19	1944
Hartford Shrine Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 20	Hamid-Morton 1944
Wallace Bros. Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 20	Performer photographs
New Orleans First Indoor Circus a Success		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 21	Ray Bros. 1944
Visits Quarters of a New Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 22	Arthur Bros. 1944
Recollections of the Season of 1869	Moore, Theodore	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 23	Adam Forepaugh Circus
Mark Twain's Letter to Buffalo Bill	Garvie, Billy	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 23	1886
Old Circus Fan Delighted by Show Premiere	Cowing, George	1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 23	S. L. Cronin's Circus
Great International Circus		1944	17	No. 5-6	p. 24	1877
(Drawing - Clown crying, Hartford fire)	Knecht, Karl Kae	1944	17	No. 7-8	cover	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Hartford Fire	Kelley, Beverly	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Show Goes On		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Big Show Hits Comeback Trail	Gregory, Tom	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 3-4	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Barnum and Tom Thumb Met Queen Victoria . . .	Garvie, Billy	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 4	1844
Disaster March - the Holocaust at Hartford	Ensworth, Bob	1944	17	No. 7-8	pp. 5-7	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Escaped From German Concentration Camp		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 7	German Circuses, performers Togare, Sarasani, Thetard, Medrano, others
Big Show Must Go On and Does	Ensworth, Bob	1944	17	No. 7-8	pp. 9-10	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Clown with Saddest Face Has Given Joy to Millions	Beal, George B.	1944	17	No. 7-8	pp. 11-12	Emmett Kelly
Good Will Toward the Circus	Beal, George B.	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Visits the Yankee Doodle Circus in England		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 12	Formerly Fossett's
New Britain Official Vents Spleen on Herald		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Principal Fires of Circus History	Smith, A. Morton	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 16	List
First Steam Calliope Worcester Invention	Wilson, Clarence	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 17	James C. Stoddard 1855
Smaller Circus Profits in Smaller Towns of U.S.	Powers, Murray	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 18	Shows 1944
Former Circus Man Dies		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 18	William L. Belknap
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Mills, Beatty-Russell)		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 19	1944
Tale of Famous Elephant Stampedes	Davis, Charles	1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 20	Sells-Floto 1926
Who Can Be Blamed? Was it an Act of God?		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 21	Hartford fire 1944
Circus Folk Take Time Out to Stage a Birthday Party		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 21	Fred Bradna 1944
Circus Books and Magazines		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 22
Notes from the Zoos		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 23	1944
Sells Bros. Circus Barred in Two Connecticut Towns		1944	17	No. 7-8	p. 24	1944
To the Members of the CFA		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B.
Hal Olver Denies Rapping CFA		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 2
Bosses and Drivers of Circus Baggage Stock	Sturtevant, C. G.	1944	17	No. 9-10	pp. 3-7
Globe Bros. Enlarged for Gainesville Texas Date		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 7	1944
Dumped in His Lap		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 7	Fred Bradna
Circus Fanning Adventures	Silloway, P. M.	1944	17	No. 9-10	pp. 10-11	Cole Bros. 1944
All Right, Wise Guy, Answer These!		1944	17	No. 9-10	pp. 11, 13	Quiz
Big Show's Grief in Chicago		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 13	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Tusko	Benedict, D. C.	1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 13	Elephant "Tusko"
Rogin Permanent Receiver for Claims Against R-B		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 14	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Beatty-Russell, Mills)		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 14	1944
Unique Greeting Card		1944	17	No. 9-10	pp. 14-15	List of circuses British Isles
Danny McPride Died of Heart Attack in Chicago		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 15	Clown
(Gas stake driver)		1944	17	No. 9-10	p. 16	Hunt Bros.
Circus Fire Report		1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Early Dime Museums Popular in Hartford	Garvie, Billy	1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 2	Freaks, illusions
Warner's Great Pacific and Menagerie and Circus 1871		1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 3
Some Old Timers		1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 3	Wagons 1898
Who's Who Among the Governors	Sturtevant, C. G.	1944	17	No. 11-12	pp. 5-10	Show owners
Do You Remember When . . .?	Hemphill, P. R.	1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 10	Sparks circus 1929
Circus in Wartime	Schlotzhauer, J	1944	17	No. 11-12	pp. 11-13	1944
Walter L. Main Recalls Heyday of Wagon Shows		1944	17	No. 11-12	pp. 15-16
He Saw Jumbo Killed by Engine		1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 16	1885
Settlement Plan for Circus Fire Suits Is Offered		1944	17	No. 11-12	p. 22	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Seeks Divorce and $250,000 Alimony		1944	17	No.11-12	p.28	Harriett Hodgini Van Orman

1945

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Punishing the Guilty		1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Rehabilitating the Circus		1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1944
Circus Control Bill Prepared in Rhode Island		1945	18	No. 1-2	pp. 2, 4	Restrictions on circuses
American Circus in Mexico	Knecht, Karl Kae	1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 3	Gran Circo Americano 1944
Circus Men Get Prison and Jail Terms		1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 4	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Fans Visit Dailey Quarters		1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 6	Dailey Bros., Winter Quarters, 1945
A Minister With A Circus (from "Kansas Mag.")	Moore, W. H.	1945	18	No. 1-2	pp. 8-11	Campbell Bros. 1911 W. H. Moore
Dan Rice's Farewell Hartford, Conn., 1868	Garvie, Billy S.	1945	18	No. 1-2	p. 12
1944 Check List Magazine and Newspaper Articles	Wilson, Burt L.	1945	18	No. 1-2	pp. 14-16	Index
Circus Sentences		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 2	Hartford fire 1945
Circus in the Blood	Shettel, James W.	1945	18	No. 4-5	pp. 3-6	Levi J. North family
Describes Beatty Act Over Radio at Harrisburg		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 8	Clyde Beatty 1945
Hunt's Circus Opened to Good Business		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 8	Hunt Bros. 1945
Benefit Shows by Ringling Circus Assist Churches		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Circus Goes to Jail Two Circus Men Start Sentences		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Big Show Richer in Real Circus Atmosphere	Beal, George B.	1945	18	No. 4-5	pp. 9-10	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Victoria Torrence Meets Tragic Death at Madison Square Garden		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 10	Iron jaw act
Clyde Beatty Wild Animal Circus	Gable, Hazel L.	1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 12	1945
How the Big Show Gets into New York		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Cole Show at Evansville Has Turnaway Business	Knecht, Karl Kae	1945	18	No. 4-5	pp. 13-14	Cole Bros. 1945
Austin Bros. Circus New Show on Rails	Hubler, George	1945	18	No. 4-5	pp. 15-16	1945
Enlarged Dailey Bros. Hits the Trail		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 17	1945
Human Ostrich Entertaining GI's In Army Hospitals		1945	18	No. 4-5	p.17	Ben Galli 1945
Circus Books and Magazines		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 18
Old Circus Man Dies		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 18	Welsh Bros. 1945 Michael H. Welsh
Big Show Parades in New York		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 19	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Midway of Mills Bros. Circus One Hour Before the Opening		1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 21	1945
Death of P. T. Barnum	Garvie, Billy	1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 22	1891
Barnum-Bailey Circus '91	Garvie, Billy	1945	18	No. 4-5	p. 22	1891
Notes From the Ringling Show at Milwaukee, Wisc.		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 3	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Cole Bros. Moving Again After a Seven Day Delay		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 4	Train Wreck, 1945
Emmett Kelly Day on the Big Show		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 5	Clown, 1945
Hunt Bros. Circus at Stamford Conn.		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 6	Program, 1945
(Edward Nye, "Blackie")		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Beers-Barnes - a Family Circus	Powers, Murray	1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 7	1945
American Circuses at Home and Abroad in 1845	Sturtevant, C. G.	1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 9	List
Old Sporting and Theatrical Weeklies That Carried Circus Notes and Routes	Sturtevant, C. G.	1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 9	List
Old Circus Parades in Hartford, Connecticut	Garve, Billy S.	1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 9	1800s
Bradley & Benson Circus . . .	Harshman, James L.	1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 11	1945
(Cheerful Gardner)		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 11	Elephant trainer
Adventure with the Advance		1945	18	No. 6-7-8	p. 13	1945
Boston Zoo Elephant Died Recently	Allen, Lester	1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 2	Elephant "Hazel" 1945
New Member of CFA Visits Circus		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 3	Hunt Bros. 1945
Circus and the Sad Sack	Ensworth, Bob	1945	18	No. 9-10	pp. 5-6	Wartime 1945
Beers-Barnes Circus on the Lot		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 7	1945
Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 8	1945
Tom Thumb and His Marriage		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 10	1863
Barnum London Show $5,000 a Day Nut		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 10	1882
Ringling Circus First Played Hartford Over Fifty Years Ago		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 10	Ringling Bros. 1895
Famous Singing Clowns in Early Circus Days	Garvie, Billy S.	1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 10	1880s
Circus People	Roedel, Frederick W.	1945	18	No. 9-10	pp. 11-13
Edward H. Bean		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 13	Death, zoo director
Fred Bradna and Ed Kelly Injured at Dallas		1945	18	No. 9-10	p. 14	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Opposition in Circus Press Writing	Sturtevant, C. G.	1945	18	No. 11-12	pp. 5-9	Press Agents
Archie Brauer		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 9	Showman, death
1945 Check List Magazine and Newspaper Articles	Wilson, Burt L.	1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 10, 12	Index Magazine Articles, 1945
Ringling Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Big Top, Season 1945		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 11	Photograph
$42,500 to Woman High in Circus Awards		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Circus Never Goes Out Without Father Elslander's Blessing		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 13	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945
Tom Thumb Wedding Party		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 14	1863
Commodore Nutt		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 14	1869
Hartford's First Circus Spec 92 Years Ago	Garvie, Billy S.	1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 14	Franconi's Colossal Hippodrome, 1953
Hamid-Morton Shrine Circus	Gaudreau, Leo	1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 16	1945
Father Ed Tours with the Big One		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 18	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1945 Father Ed Sullivan
Former Aerial Artist with Circus is Typewriter Repair Woman in Missoula		1945	18	No. 11-12	p. 21	Mrs. Lee Terrell, "Queens of the Air"
What do you Think?		1945	18	No. 11-12	pp. 22-23	Best of the circus vote 1945
Record of Circus Engagements in Gainesville, Texas	Smith, A. Morton	1945	18	No. 11-12	pp. 24	List, 1881-1945

1946

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Future Mrs Parley Beer		1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 2	Ernestine Clarke, wedding, 1946
They Bought a Circus	Shettel, James W.	1946	19	No. 1-2	pp. 3-7	Welsh brothers
Gen. Tom Thumb's Child Rival Girl Smaller Than Tom Able to Walk	Garvie, Billy	1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 8	1847
Tom Thumb's Coach		1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 8	1847
Harry LaPearl		1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 8	Clown, death LaPearl Circus
How Clown's Song Saved Child's Life . . .		1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 9	Bob Sherwood
Lady Eleanor Smith, Friend of the Gypsies	Zeiter, Hugo H.	1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 10	Author, circus fiction
Two Weeks of Winter Circus	Gregory, Tom	1946	19	No. 1-2	p. 12	Grotto Circus 1946
Ringling Defies Ouster as Head of Circus		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 3	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Big Show Opens at the Garden		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 3	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Eddie Allen, Who Gained Fame As a Clown, Succumbs		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 4	Death 1944
Hartford Times Columnist, Art McGinty, Tells of Visit to Winter Quarters of the Big One		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Togare - An Account of European Wild Animal Training Methods	Urquhart, Charles	1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 7	Togare, animal trainer
Circus Books and Magazines		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 8	1946
It Was Rough in Those Days		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 8	Welsh Bros.
Circus Wagons are Rolling Again		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 9	Circuses, list 1946
Circus Ready to Pay First of Dividends		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 10	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Say George, You Remember?		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 11	Forepaugh-Sells Bros.
John King and the Chief		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 12	John Robinson show, elephant Chief 1880
Ernestine Clarke and Parley Baer Married in New York		1946	19	No. 3-4	p.13	1946
Billy Brennan "Sig Zeno" Contortionist Can Still Do His Act at Age of 60		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 13	1946
Fans Caught Bailey Bros. Circus Opening at Newberry		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 14	Program 1946
Letter from Africa		1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 15	Pagel's Circus
Greatest Circus' Turn to High Art Recalls Orr's Old-Time Work	S. X.	1946	19	No. 3-4	p. 16	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Cole Bros. Circus Presenting Fine Show	Harshman, James	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 5	Program 1946
Case Against English Circus Director Dismissed		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 6	Cyril Mills Bertram Mill's Circus 1946
Hunt Bros. Circus Opens Its 54th Season	Montague, Bill	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 8	1946
James M. Cole Circus		1946	19	No. 5-6	pp. 9-10	1946
Band Played "Auld Lang Syne"	Kelley, Beverly	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 11
Circus News Reprinted From the Same Issue		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 12	1866 circus news, and L. B. Lent's Ad
Stevens Bros. Circus Opened Antlers, Oklahoma		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 14	1946
Circus Lore . . .	Strong, Walter E.	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 17	Ringling Bros. B. & B. Legal department
Bertram Mills Circus		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 18	England, 1946
Zallee Bros. Circus Did Good Business at Rochelle		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 18	1946
Clyde Beatty Circus Enjoys Good Business in California / Review		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 19	1946
Sparks Circus Begins 1946 Tour		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 19
Florida Accepts Museum of Late Circus Magnate	Zeiter, Hugo B.	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 20	Ringling Museum 1946
Bradley & Benson Circus	Harshman, James	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 21	1946
Circus Ex-Star 80, Revisits Madison Square Garden		1946	19	No. 5-6	p.21	Josie De Mott Robinson
Barnum Exhibited Joice Heath in Hartford in 1835		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 22
Circuses and Menageries Owned by Americans Season of 1846	Sturtevant, C. G.	1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 22	List
Circus Routes (RBBB, Cole, Beatty, Mills)		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 24	1946
Circus Books and Magazines		1946	19	No. 5-6	p. 24	1946
Circus Fire Claims		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Campbell Bros. in 1897-98		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 2
Circus Performs Under Stars As Wind Destroys Top		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 2	Dailey Bros. 1946
Early Circus	Braathen, Sverre O.	1946	19	No. 7-8	pp. 3-5	Barnum, Coup, Bailey
Day with Dailey Bros. Circus	Silloway, P. M.	1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 6	1946
King Bros. Circus	Harshman, James L.	1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 7	1946
Laugh Factory	Welles, Sara	1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 8	Paul Jung, clown 1946
Two Hemispheres Band Wagon Restored to Former Beauty		1946	19	No. 7-8	pp. 9-10	Wagon History
Bailey Bros. Circus Hits Poor Business in Northern Ill.		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 13	1946
Cole Does Good Business in Small Town		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 13	1946
Circus Books and Magazines		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 13	1946
Arthur Borella, Veteran Clown Dies While Kids Laugh at Act		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 14	1946
Stevens Bros. Circus		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 14	Program 1946
Sparks Circus	Crowley, John J.	1946	19	No. 7-8	pp. 15-16	1946
"Little Miss 1565" of Circus Fire Identified by Michigan Women		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 16	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Rigid Fire Laws Cramp Circus in Connecticut		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 16	1946
Experiences of "A Big Time" Circus Lawyer	Graham, John C.	1946	19	No. 7-8	pp. 17-18
First Circus with Riders	Garvie, Billy S.	1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 19	At Hartford, CT
Facts Concerning the Old Dominion Shows		1946	19	No. 7-8	p. 19	I. Keller Iseminger, owner
Standards Fixed for Circus Safety		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 2
Short Visit with the Dailey Bros. Circus		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 2	1946
Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Show		1946	19	No. 9-10	pp. 3-4	Street parade 1916
Sherron Lang Not 'Miss 1565' . . .		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 4	Hartford fire 1946
"Rogue Circuses"	Mills, Cyril B.	1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 6	England
Charities Share Forepaugh Trust		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 6	Adam Forepaugh
Three Against the Sky	Phillips, Fred H.	1946	19	No. 9-10	pp. 7-8	Sway poles act
$500,000 Payment Made by Lloyds on Circus Claim		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Circus Books and Magazines		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 10	1946
Movies of the Silent Days with Circusy Backgrounds	Zeiter, Hugo	1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 9
Buck Owens Circus Visits Charlotte, N.C.		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 11	1946
Tacoma Fans Enjoy Visit on Cole Show		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 11	Cole Bros. 1946
Clyde Beatty Visits Charlotte, N.C.		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 12	1946
Circus Ramblings with Sam Chapman		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 13	Ringling Bros. B. & B. Bond Bros. 1946
Albino Family		1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 13	Illustration, exhibited Barnum's museum
Hartford Had Circus Days under Old Blue Laws	Garvie, Billy S.	1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 14	1810-51
Circus and the Railroad	Braden, Frank	1946	19	No. 9-10	p. 15	History
Mississippi Once Had a Rhino in It		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 3	Dan Rice, 1861
American Circus Wagon and Its Builders	Sturtevant, C. G.	1946	19	No. 11-12	pp. 5-8	Wagon History
Hugo, Oklahoma Honors Circuses with a Celebration		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 8	Hugo circuses 1946
Book, Bill or Wildcat	Phillips, Fred	1946	19	No. 11-12	pp. 9-10, 12	Tom, minstrel, other shows
Gainesville Circus Has Successful Season		1946	19	No. 11-12	pp. 11-12	1946
Reynold's Circus		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 13	1946
Early Publicity Stunt by Barnum's Circus	Garvie, Billy S.	1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 13
Court Decision on Ringling Election Not to Effect Fire Claims		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 15	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Battling Nelson's Circus Debut		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 18	Mathew Nelson, boxer
List Chimp As One of the Smartest		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 19	Animal intelligence
Where Circuses and Shows Wintered - April 28, 1900		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 20	Winter quarters list
Big Circus Thrills Charlotte Fans		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 22	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1946
Among the White Tents		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 24	Adam Forepaugh elephant 1885
State Plans Park and Museum at Sarasota	Plowden, Gene	1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 25	Ringling Museum 1946
Circus Rambling with Sam Chapman	Plowden, Gene	1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 27	History
Los Angeles a Circus City		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 30	Winter quarters
Circus in the Night Clubs		1946	19	No. 11-12	p. 33	1946

1947

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
2-Car Dog and Pony Show	Peck, Earl	1947	20	No. 1-2	p. 4	Cozad Dog & Pony Show, California circa 1902
Tour With Barnum & Bailey Thirty-Four Years Ago	Duble, Charlie	1947	20	No. 1-2	p. 5	1913
From Zoo to Stew May Be Fate of Berlin Animals		1947	20	No. 1-2	p. 5	War aftermath 1946
Annuel Circus Article Compilation Taken from Magazines and Newspapers	Wilson, Burt L.	1947	20	No. 1-2	pp. 7-9	Index1946
Rare Treasure Found on Ringling Estate		1947	20	No. 1-2	p. 9	Ringling Museum Ringling 1947
Tragedy Ends Famed Career of Circus Pair		1947	20	No. 1-2	p. 10	Dubells, Lorenz Hirschhorn, wife Barbara
Index to Historical Articles on the American Circus	Rogers, Stan	1947	20	No. 1-2	pp. 11-13	Subject index, White Tops Vols. 1-19
Beneath Gay Tinsel of Circus Life is Tragic Drama	Dallman, V. Y.	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 2	Anne Burak, death 1947
We Beg Your Pardon		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 2	Rex Rossi
Convention Circus		1947	20	No. 3-4	pp. 5, 7	Cole Bros. 1947
Sparks Opens New Railroad Show in Florida		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 6	1947
Waiting for the Ringling Circus Train	Cline, Ethel	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Dailey Bros. Opened in the Rain		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 10	Dailey Bros., 1947
Madden-Stillian Jungleland on the Road This Season	Levett, C. J.	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 10	1947
Ringling Estate Battle Heads for Court		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 11	John Ringling 1947
Yankee-Patterson Opens Season March 21	Rogers, Stan	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 12	1947
Harvey Still Follows the Circus Trail	Montague, Bill	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 13	Robert M. Harvey, agent
Man-Monkey Novelty of Strictly Circus Performance	Montague, Bill	1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 13	Monkey Natal 1947
Circus Fans Didn't Fool in Early Days		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 15	Maybury, Pullman & Hamilton's Show, Riot 1882
Circus Books and Magazines		1947	20	No. 3-4	p. 15
To Make Them Well		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 2	Ringling Bros. B. & B., Hospital Show, 1947
Pixs of 1947 (Ariving in Dayton)		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 9	Cole Bros., Runs, 1947
1947 Show	Harshman, James	1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 15	Cole, James M., 1947
L. A. Stand		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 16	Clyde Beatty, 1947
List of Circus Books	Viohl, Chris W.	1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 17	Index Books, 1947
Elephant Buyer At Work in India		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 20	Lewis Reed 1947
1947 Show		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 21	Sello Bros., 1947 Roy Bible
Closing of Yankee-Patterson		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 21	Jimmie Woods 1947
1947 Show - First Season	Harshman, James	1947	20	No. 5-6	p.22	Kay-Burns, 1947
Circus Collection at Princeton University		1947	20	No. 5-6	p. 22	1947
1947 Show		1947	20	No. 5-6	p.24	Sello Bros. 1947 Roy Bible
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Present		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 3	Photographs 1947
Bernie Dead		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 4	F. Bernard Head, press Ringling-Barnum
Circus Lure Brings Fans Out Early		1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 5-6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Officials of "The Greatest Show on Earth"		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 5	Photographs, 1947
Big Show in Chicago		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Circus in England		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 6	Bertram Mills 1947
Mrs. Terrell "First Lady of the Cole Bros. Circus"	Braathen, Faye O.	1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 7	Cole Bros. 1947 Estrella Nelson Terrell
Circus Ramblers	Zeiter, Hugo	1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 8, 19	English & US circuses
Bailey Bros. Circus	Harshman, James	1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 9-10	1947
"Nemo" Male Elephant with Dailey Bros. Circus Executed	Harshman, James	1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 10	1947
Stevens Bros. Circus		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 10	1947
Mills Bros. Circus at Rockford, Illinois		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 11	Photographs 1947
Press Agent Weaves Fabric of Salvation and Sawdust	Houser, Bob	1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 11-12	Doc Waddell 1947
Do Elephants Breed in Captivity		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 12
Dailey Bros. Circus	Harshman, James L.	1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 13-14	1947
Clyde Beatty Wrecked in Nebraska		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 14	Train wreck, 1947
Two Days with the James M. Cole Circus	Gregory, Tom	1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 14	1947
Barnum of the Pacific	Hyatt, Robert M.	1947	20	No. 7-8	pp. 17-18	Eddie Fernandez 1947
Circus Books and Magazines		1947	20	No. 7-8	p. 20
Ringling Circus Employees Can Remain in U.S.		1947	20	No. 9-10	p. 4	Ringling Bros. B. & B., Immigration 1947
Greatest Show on Earth	Silloway, P. M.	1947	20	No. 9-10	pp. 5-6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Springfield Fans Bury "Water Joe"	Dallman, V. Y.	1947	20	No. 9-10	p. 7	Joseph Scharick, workman
Florida to Get $1,250,000 for Ringling Estate Interest		1947	20	No. 9-10	p. 7	Ringling Museum 1947
English Circuses		1947	20	No. 9-10	p. 8	News 1947
Song of Solomon	Phillips, Fred	1947	20	No. 9-10	pp. 9-10	Felix Sol Solomon, high diving act
Book List from Chili		1947	20	No. 9-10	pp. 11-12
Circus Books and Magazines		1947	20	No. 9-10	p. 12
Senators of Superlatives	English, John	1947	20	No. 9-10	pp. 13-14	Press agents
Orrin Brothers Circus of Mexico	Sturtevant, C. G.	1947	20	No.11-12	pp. 3, 5-6	History
Queen of the Big Top		1947	20	No.11-12	pp. 7-11	Lillian Leitzel
Books and Magazines		1947	20	No.11-12	p. 12	1947
Gentry Brothers Famous Shows	Duble, Charlie	1947	20	No.11-12	pp. 15, 18	History
Dailey Bros. Circus		1947	20	No.11-12	p. 17	Ad. Norma Davenport and elephants 1947
(Death Susie, Cicinnati Zoo)		1947	20	No.11-12	p. 23	Gorilla "Susie" 1947
Boston Zoo to Get a Baby Elephant		1947	20	No.11-12	p. 28	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1947
Gainesville Circus to Have Flying Act		1947	20	No.11-12	p. 31	1947 plans

1948

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Mrs. Carrie T. Hunt		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 2	Death, 1948, Hunt Bros.
Klara Knecht		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 2	Death, press agent 1948
Gainesville Circus to Have Flying Act Next Season		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 3	News 1948
List of Circuses 1847-65		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 4	Wabash, Indiana newspaper
(Great) Eastern Circus		1948	21	No. 1-2	pp. 4-5	Charles F. Prescott 1895-97
Magazine and Newspaper Circus Articles	Wilson, Burt L.	1948	21	No. 1-2	pp. 7-9	1947 annual list
Roland Butler Back with the Big Show		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 11	Press Agent 1948
(Dailey Bros. Circus)		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 12	Photographs 1947
Haven for Circus Folk		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 13	George Valentine 1948
Lou Jacobs and Emmett Kelly Dolls		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 14	1948
James Cole Elephants Spend Night in Garage		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 14	1948
Bev Kelley to Direct Publicity for Dailey Bros.		1948	21	No. 1-2	p. 15	Press Agent 1948
Alfred Ringling Widow Is Dead		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 3	Elizabeth S. Ringling 1948
Fred Hodgson		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 2	Carolyne Hodgson, death 1948
New Circus Dividend to Be Proposed Friday		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 2	Ringling-Barnum 1948
Richard Sands, American Showman	Sturtevant, C. G.	1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 3-6
Forepaugh Estate Income Distributed		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 6	Adam Forepaugh
Big Show Still the Greatest Show on Earth	Montague, Bill	1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 7-8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Ringling Bros. Clown Dies at Radio Interview		1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 8, 10	Albert Victor Adams (Albertino)
Cole Bros. Unveiled All Old Magic of the Big Top	Morris, Steve	1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 9-10	1948
Baraboo Elks to Remodel Mansion		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 10	Al Ringling Mansion
Ayres and Kathryn Davies Circus Opens At Dixon, Ill.		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 11	1948
New Seating on the Ringling Show		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 11	Wagon grandstand 1948
Season of 1848		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 12	List of Circuses 1848
Nice Small Show		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 13	Ray's Circus 1948 Ray Wheeler
Josie DeMott, Famed Equestrian, Dies in her 80's	Shettel, James W.	1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 13	1948
James M. Cole Circus	Harshman, James	1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 15-16	1948
Beatty Cold Day but Warm Crowd	Parkinson, Tom	1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 16	Clyde Beatty 1948
Hunt Bros. Opened to Turnaway Business		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 16	1948
International Circus Forum or Circus Rambles	Zeiter, Hugo	1948	21	No. 3-4	pp. 17-18	News international circuses
Dailey Bros. Opened in Rain		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 19	1948
Stevens Bros. Circus Opened April 9th		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 19	1948
Fans Attend Mills Opening . . .		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 19	Mills Bros. 1948
List of Circus Items	Toepp, Paul H.	1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 20	Magazine, newspaper articles 1948
Official Program - Royal Bros. One-Ring Circus		1948	21	No. 3-4	p. 20	1948
Dailey Bros. Circus	Harshman, James L.	1948	21	No. 5-6	pp. 3-4	1948
Circus Plays to Fifteen Despite Rain, Mud		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 5	King Bros. 1948
Giant's Home to be Wrecked	Nemes, Sylvester	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 5	Martin Bates 1948
Polack Bros. Circus in San Francisco		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 6	1948
Circus, Even on Train Gives One Powerful Lift	Moiles, William Jr.	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 6	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Trapeze Net Requires Mile of Rope . . .	Gregory, Tom	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 7	Circus mechanics
King Bros. Circus Presenting Excellent Program	Harshman, James	1948	21	No. 5-6	pp. 9-10	1948
Yankee-Patterson Equipment in So. Calif.		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 10	Jimmy Woods 1948
Wild Animal-Less Ueno Zoo Still Packs 'em in		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 10	Toyko Japan 1948
Brief History of Walter and Bruce Heaton	Green, Bill	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 10	Heaton family
Gene Randow, Clown, Died at Amarillo, Texas	Tripp, Frederick	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 12	1948
"Greatest Show" Was Founded in State of Wisconsin	Braathen, Sverre O.	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 13	Ringling Bros.
Mills Bros. at Evansville		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 14	1948
Circus in Germany		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 14	1948
Circus Auld Lang Syne	Tripp, Frank	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 14	Dailey Bros. 1947
List of Circus Items	Toepp, Paul H.	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 15	Magazine articles 1948
With the Big One in the Old Dominion's Capital	Poarch, Lear W.	1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 15	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Circus Books and Magazines		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 16	1948
Kitty Clark Married to Harold Van Orman		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 16	1948
Fan Notes		1948	21	No. 5-6	p. 16	Dailey Bros. 1948
God Goes to a Circus	Tripp, Frank	1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 2	Doc Waddell
Little Eva Joins Show at Springfield with Help of Fans		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 6	Dailey Bros. elephant
Hold Your Horses	Braathen, Faye O.	1948	21	No. 7-8	pp. 7-12, 14	William C. Coup
(Cole Bros. Parade)		1948	21	No. 7-8	pp. 8-13	Photographs, parade
Rogers Bros. Circus	Harshman, James L.	1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 13	1948
Mabel Stark Clawed in Tiger Fight		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 14	Animal trainer 1948
Famed Circus Acrobat, Papa Zacchini, Dies		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 16	Cannon Act
(William Calvin Morgan)		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 16	Death, performer, owner
"Circus Ring" Wreath for Grand Old Man		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 17	Death, Robert Fossett
Grease-Paint Smiles		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 17	Hoover, Hemphill, Fritz clowns
Columbia Band Wagon Hauled in Cole Bros. Parade	Kitto, Charles	1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 18	Wagon History
Circus Landmark at Delavan Bears the Initials of W. C. Coup and Others		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 19
Memories of Edythe Siegrist		1948	21	No. 7-8	p. 20	Trapeze performer
Just Where is God?"	Tripp, Frank	1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 2
Hunt Bros. Circus Presents Entertaining Performance	Harshman, James L.	1948	21	No. 9-10	pp. 3-4	1948
Barbara Beale Injured on Cole Bros. Circus		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 4	1948
Circus Days in Madison, Wisconsin	Braathen, Sverre O.	1948	21	No. 9-10	pp. 5-8	1880s
Clyde Beatty Circus at De Kalb, Ill.		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 10	1948
Do Horses Think? I Say Yes	Main, Walter L.	1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 10
Strangest Farm on Earth		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 10	Benson Wild Animal Farm
Wagon Show Days with the Mighty Haag Show in Louisiana	Duble, Charlie	1948	21	No. 9-10	pp. 11-12	1914-15
Dailey Bros. Circus at Fairbury, Nebraska		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 11	Photographs 1948
Dailey Bros. Circus at Whitefish, Montana		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 12	1948
44 Persons, 59 Circus Animals Missing at Sea		1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 12	Razzore Circus 1948
Kelly-Morris Circus Presents Nice Performance	Hohenadel, Walter	1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 13	1948
Mills Bros. Circus Has Outstanding Performance	Harshman, James	1948	21	No. 9-10	pp. 14-15	1948
Big Show Has Best Season in Years	Plowden, Gene	1948	21	No. 9-10	p. 18	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1948
Circus People		1948	21	No. 11-12	p. 2	Wedding, Roberta Light and Bill Ballentine 1948
Cradle of the American Circus	Sturtevant, C. G.	1948	21	No. 11-12	pp. 3, 5-8	New York
Polack Bros. Circus at Utica, N.Y.		1948	21	No.11-12	p. 8	1948
Gainesville Community Circus		1948	21	No.11-12	p. 9	Photographs 1948
Circus Trains	Fox, C. P.	1948	21	No.11-12	pp. 10-14	History
Circus Companies That Have Sailed the Seven Seas	Zeiter, Hugo B.	1948	21	No.11-12	pp. 15-16
Barlow Built Miniature Circus for State of Florida		1948	21	No.11-12	p. 16	Ringling Museum 1948
Circus Days in Madison, Wisconsin	Braathen, Sverre O.	1948	21	No.11-12	pp. 17-18, 20, 22-24	History
Baby elephants Here from India		1948	21	No. 11-12	p. 24	Hunt Bros. 1948
Big Top Fan Owns One and Sees One		1948	21	No. 11-12	p. 32	Leland L. Antes miniature circus
Gainesville Circus Closes a Successful Season		1948	21	No. 11-12	p. 34	1948
Books and Magazines		1948	21	No. 11-12	p. 34	Reviewed

1949

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Thomas Madden, 87, Once Circus Clown		1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 4	Death 1948
Peru, Ind., Lives and Hopes for a Circus Again		1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 4	1949
Circus Days in Madison, Wisconsin	Braathen, Sverre O.	1949	22	No. 1-2	pp. 5-6, 13-16	History
Cost Doesn't Count the Circus Must Go On	Landers, E. D.	1949	22	No. 1-2	pp. 7-8	Moving the circus
More Baby Elephants		1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 8	Tom Packs 1949
Luisita Leers Hopes to Resume Circus Career		1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 8	1949
Buffalo Ben, 93, Seeks Jobless Pay		1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 10	1949
Campbell-Bailey-Hutchinson Combined Circus and Wild West	Chindahl, George	1949	22	No. 1-2	pp. 11-12	1920-23
Circus Pioneer	Shettel, James W.	1949	22	No. 1-2	p. 13	Dan Minnich
Bill Lindemann Died in Sheboygan, Wis.		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 2	1949, showman
John Pawling Great London 3-Ring Circus . . .		1949	22	No. 3-4	pp. 6-7	John Pawling Great London, 1949
Pretty Circus Star Walks a Straight Line		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 7	Flo McIntosh, tight wire
Carlotta Dies at 92 Famed in Circus Life		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 10	Lottie Aymar 1949
Circus at Home and Abroad	Zeiter, Hugo B.	1949	22	No. 3-4	pp. 11-12	Circuses 1948
Curator for Ringling Circus Museum Named		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 14	John L. Sullivan
Circus Collection Housed in New Library		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 14	Princeton 1949
1849 - A Century Ago		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 15	List of Circuses 1849
Circuses Days in Hagerstown		1949	22	No. 3-4	p.15	List, 1888-1948
Circus Books & Magazines		1949	22	No. 3-4	p. 15
Ayres and Kathryn Davies Circus Opens Season		1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 10	1949
John Pawling Great London Circus	Harshman, James	1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 10	1949
Kelly-Morris Circus Passes Up "White Tops" Town		1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 12	1949
Circus Firm of Spalding & Rogers	Sturtevant, C. G.	1949	22	No. 5-6	pp. 13-15	1800s
Books and Magazines		1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 15	Review
Gainesville Community Circus, Spain's Circo Arriola and Dailey Brothers Circus		1949	22	No. 5-6	pp. 17-18, 20	1949
Clyde Beatty Circus Has Class, Talent, Speed	Whitmore, Gene	1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 19	1949
Big Show Under Canvas	Harshman, James	1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 21	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Louis Roth Top Raised at Yakima, Washington	Chipman, Harry	1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 21	Louis Roth, animal Trainer
Lee Brothers Circus	Wireman, George W.	1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 23	1949
Famous German Circus Going on Road Again		1949	22	No. 5-6	p. 24	Hagenbeck Circus 1949
Folding of Older & Chandler Show at Shreveport in 1873	Parkinson, Tom	1949	22	No. 7-8	pp. 3-4	1873
Big Show of 1949	Ensworth, Bob	1949	22	No. 7-8	pp. 5-9	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Wallace Bros. Parade at DeKalb, Illinois		1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 7	Photograph 1911
$1,800 in State Fees Keeps most Circuses Out of Maine	Foote, Harry T.	1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 10	1949
Coco, Famous Clown of the Big One, Dies in Florida		1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 10	George Hubert Herbert
Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros.	Green, Bill	1949	22	No. 7-8	pp. 11-12	1949
Biller Bros. Circus		1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 12	1949
Mrs. Walter Main		1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 12	Death, 1949
Little Big top		1949	22	No. 7-8	pp. 13-14	Ringling Museum miniature circus
Miller Bros. Entertains Wisconsin Legislature		1949	22	No. 7-8	p. 16	1949
Let's Educate the Fans	Thomas, Col Harry	1949	22	No. 9-10	pp. 2, 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1949
Eastern Fans Attend Hamid-Morton Show		1949	22	No. 9-10	pp. 3-4	1949
P. A. Older		1949	22	No. 9-10	p. 4	1949
Clyde Beatty Circus at Fort Smith, Arkansas	Seyfer, Robert P.	1949	22	No. 9-10	p. 4	1949
R. T. Richard's Supreme Show of the World	Chindahl, George	1949	22	No. 9-10	pp. 5-6	Richard T. Ringling
Recalls Campbell Bros. Circus Fire		1949	22	No. 9-10	p. 10	1904
Day with Dailey		1949	22	No. 9-10	p. 10	Dailey Bros., 1949
Dales' Circus	Harshman, James	1949	22	No. 9-10	pp. 11-12	1949
Roger Bros. Circus	Harshman, James	1949	22	No. 9-10	p. 15	1949
Mills Bros. Circus to Have New Canvas Next Season		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 2	1949
Circus Could be Educated	Boyle, John W.	1949	22	No.11-12	p. 2	Grift, gambling 1949
Circus in Philadelphia	Sturtevant, C. G.	1949	22	No.11-12	pp. 3, 5-9	History
Books and Magazines		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 10	Review
Circus Travelogue	Braathen, Faye O.	1949	22	No.11-12	pp. 11-13, 22-25
Mable Ringling Wed at Great Falls, Mont.		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 14	1949
Let's Set the Record Straight		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 16	Hertzberg Museum 1949
Great Buffalo & Wild West Show	Elder, Claude	1949	22	No.11-12	p. 18	1902
Another Great Name Shall Never Be Forgotten	Chipman, Harry	1949	22	No.11-12	p. 19	Louis Roth, animal trainer
Old John Bull Wagon		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 19	Photograph
Gargantua		1949	22	No.11-12	p. 28	Death 1949

1950

Title	Author	Year	Vol.	No.	Page	Note
Sarasota		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 2	Ringling Museum 1950
Route of the Ringling Show for 66 Years	Braathen, Sverre O.	1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 3	Overview
Robert Ringling Dies of Stroke		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 4	1950
Kill English Circus Elephant in Railroad Car		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 4	1949
Woman Trainer Sensed Fatal Attack by Lion		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 5	May Kovar, animal trainer
International Circus News and an Account of the Gerbola Circus Family	Zeiter, Hugo	1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 7	1949
Big Show Makes History in Cuba	Thomas, Col Harry	1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 7	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Richard Sands American Circus Band Carriage		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 7	Illustration
Bear Riding Bicycle Just Ordinary Sight in Clinton, Conn.	Dickinson, Ernest	1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 9	Emil Pallenberg
Community Circus Elects Officers, Makes 1950 Plans		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 10	Gainesville Community Circus
Outstanding Peru Men of Last Half Century		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 10	Mugivan, Wallace
Inventor of Gas Generators for Circuses		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 10	J. J. Weyer
Cole Show Sold - But New Owners Not Known Cole Brothers Circus, Inc. Bankruptcy Bill Is Filed		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 11	1950
Gorilla's Skeleton to Join Other Circus Relics at Yale		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 12	Gargantua
Why the Big Show is Great		1950	23	No. 1-2	pp. 13-14	Ringling Bros. B. & B.
It's Hard Work to Make You Laugh	La Tour, Cy	1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 14	Felix Adler
Mabel Stark Clawed by Tiger		1950	23	No. 1-2	p. 15	Animal trainer 1950
Ringling Elephant That Killed Boy Put to Death		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 2	Also elephants on shows 1950
Charles Gay, 63, Dies; Operator of Circus Farm		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 2	Gay's Lion Farm, 1950
Theodor Schroder Dies		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 2	1950, animal trainer
Ringling Show Makes Good Start in New York Start	Montague, Bill	1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 3	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
(Nurse with Baby Gorillas)		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 4	Photograph Martha Hunter, 1950
Boy to Carry on For Mother killed by Lion		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 4	Michael Kovar 1950
Circuses on the Road in America in 1850	Sturtevant, C. G.	1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 5
P. T. Barnum and Denver		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 7	1878
Carnival with a Real Circus	Butterfield, E. J.	1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 7	Siebrand Bros. 1950
King Bros. and Biller Bros. Quarters	Bradbury, Joseph T.	1950	23	No. 3-4	pp. 9-10, 18	Georgia 1950
Circus in Ireland	Hunter, Richard H.	1950	23	No. 3-4	pp. 11-12
Report from the Hertzberg Collection		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 16	San Antonio 1950
America - the Sawdust Trail		1950	23	No. 3-4	pp. 17-18
Fan Notes		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 19	Clyde Beatty 1950
59 Minutes from Penn Station		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 19	Princeton McCaddon collection
Books and Magazines		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 20	Review
Hartford, Connecticut Shrine Circus		1950	23	No. 3-4	p. 20	Frank Wirth 1950
Hopalong Cassidy		1950	23	No. 5-6	cover	Photograph
Mills Bros. Three Ring Circus		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 4	Program 1950
King Bros. and Biller Bros. Circuses	Bradbury, Joseph T.	1950	23	No. 5-6	pp. 5-6	1950
Burial Near Death Scene		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 6	Jerzy Wierzbicki, sway pole
Cole Program		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 7	Cole Bros. 1950
Impressions of Mills Bros. 1950 Opening	Gregory, Tom	1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 7
Coming and Going	Gorrow, M. G.	1950	23	No. 5-6	pp. 9-12	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Mrs. Margaret Evans		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 12	Death, performer, wife of Merle Evans
How Jenny Lind Thrilled Capital		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 13	Barnum, 1850
Dales Circus	Harshman, James L.	1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 14	1950
Henry Kyes Still Loves Circus After 44 Years		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 14	Bandmaster
John Fulghum Reports on Dales and Hunt Shows		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 15	1950
Books and Magazines		1950	23	No. 5-6	p. 16	Review
Tribute to the Late Bud Anderson		1950	23	No. 7-8	p. 2
W. B. Reynolds Circus	Chindahl, George	1950	23	No. 7-8	pp. 7-8, 18	History
Al G. Kelley-Miller Bros Circus		1950	23	No. 7-8	p. 17	Photographs, 1950
Circus Folks Honor Their Departed		1950	23	No. 7-8	p. 18	Burials, Baraboo
English Circus Slang	Rogers, Stan	1950	23	No. 7-8	p. 20
Cole Show Closed		1950	23	No. 7-8	p. 24	Cole Bros. 1950
Busby Bros. Circus	Chindahl, George	1950	23	No. 9-10	pp. 3-4	1902-04
Bloomington, Illinois, the Home of the Man on the Flying Trapeze	Noble, Clyde V.	1950	23	No. 9-10	pp. 5-6, 12-14	Performers, trapeze
Rogers Bros. Circus	Harshman, James	1950	23	No. 9-10	pp. 7-8	1950
Hunt Bros. Receives Baby elephants from India		1950	23	No. 9-10	p. 8	1950
Life Begins as Staff Writer Sees First Circus		1950	23	No. 9-10	p. 8	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Murray Powers Tells His Experiences As a Clown		1950	23	No. 9-10	p. 9	Felix Adler
Frank Buck Memorial Zoo Dedicated at Gainesville		1950	23	No. 9-10	p. 13	1950
Books and Magazines		1950	23	No. 9-10	p. 15	Review
Circus in America During the Civil War	Sturtevant, C. G.	1950	23	No.11-12	pp. 3-6
Mills Bros. Buys Polack Elephants		1950	23	No. 11-12	p. 8	Mills Bros., Elephants, 1950
Cheerful Gardner, Trainer of Elephants		1950	23	No. 11-12	p. 9
Mrs. Clyde Beatty		1950	23	No. 11-12	p. 10	Death, Harriett Beatty
Walter L. Main Dies After 65 Years in Show Business		1950	23	No. 11-12	p. 10	1950
Rev. Chester Hoyt Back in Sarasoty		1950	23	No. 11-12	p. 12	Ringling Museum 1950
Most Famous of Circus Wagons to Go to Museum		1950	23	No.11-12	p.12	Two Hemispheres
Aerial "Starlites" Typical Trailerites	Phillips, Fred	1950	23	No.11-12	p. 16	Bonceks
Let's Take a Holiday . . . Shall We?	MacFarland, R. W.	1950	23	No.11-12	pp. 19-21	Ringling Bros. B. & B. 1950
Troubles of a Circus Man	Mills, Cyril B.	1950	23	No.11-12	p. 22, 24-25	Circus, England 1950
Circus Folk Meet at Animal Haven	Meagher, Edward	1950	23	No.11-12	p. 31-32	Thousand Oaks 1950

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