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Circus Photos and Illustrations - Shows Page Four
Photographs and illustrations from early Bandwagon issues and other sources. An ongoing project . . .
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The Sells Bros.' "7 Elephant" letterhead was used in 1878. "Chalmer Condon's Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1964, p. 11.
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers lithograph, Madison Square Garden. Bandwagon, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan-Feb), 1964, p. 15.
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 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.
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.
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.
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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