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Circus Photos and Illustrations - Shows Page Four

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Photographs and illustrations from early Bandwagon issues.

Shows, One

Shows, Two

Shows, Three

Shows, Four

Shows, Five

Shows, Six

       Shows, Seven

Shows, Eight

Shows, Nine

Shows, Ten

Shows, Eleven

       Acts, Performers, One

Acts, Performers, Two

Acts, Performers, Three

Acts, Performers, Four

       Wagons, Parades One

Wagons, Parades Two

Wagons, Parades Three

Wagons, Parades Four

       Animals


Seven elephant letterhead

The Sells Bros.' "7 Elephant" letterhead was used in 1878. "Chalmer Condon's Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1964, p. 11.


Madison Square Garden lithograph

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers lithograph, Madison Square Garden. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1964, p. 15.


Hagenbeck-Wallace circus 1933

Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, 1933 at Ithaca, New York. From J. V. Leonard Collection. Cover, Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), 1964.


Walter L. Main courier

Walter L. Main first used his name as a circus title in 1885. By 1893 his show had grown to a medium size major railroad circus, with 29 cars. The Walter L. Main's Eight Enormous United Shows was the imposing title he used on the cover of the newspaper courier shown here. The drawing on the courier was done by E. Roe for the United States Printing Co. of Cincinnati. Courier is from the Pfening Collection. Cover, Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1964.


Gollmar Brothers letterhead

One of the most attractive letterheads ever used by the Gollmar Bros. Circus, is the above design, dated 1903. It is all in royal blue, except for the photos of the Gollmars, which are in brown. "Chalmer Condon's Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1964, p. 10.


Circus train unloading

A child's delight, the circus train unloading early in the morning. Oh for the sight of fine baggage stock being unloaded from the stock cars, as shown in this Atwell photo of the Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West. Back cover, Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1964.


Forepaugh Wild West letterhead

Luella Forepaugh-Fish Wild West Shows. This letterhead of a short lived show was used in 1903. "Bill Woodcock's Circus Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Mar-Apr), p. 24.


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