Circus Photographs, Illustrations

Andrew Wachter operated the Silvan Drew Circus from 1926 to 1929. This Kelty picture shows the final season of 1929. Pfening Collection. Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1965, p. 19.

This letterhead of Indian Bill's Wild West and Mexican Hippodrome is printed in light red with the Indian head in black. J. Augustus Jones was manager of this show which toured only in 1903. "Bill Woodcock's Circus Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1965, p. 47.

Reno and Alvord Circus, 1909. "Bill Woodcock's Circus Album," Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 3 (May-Jun), 1962, p. 17.

The Lemen Bros. drawing was done for a newspaper courier for the 1896 season. It was done by "E. Roe" whose full name was Emil Roettengartner. Roe was mostly identified with the John Robinson show. He designed many wagons for that show, including some of the "cottage" cages. This art work was furnished by the Hertzberg Circus Collection. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Jul-Aug), 1962, cover.

This design was on the front of the 1882 Sells advertising booklet and was designed and printed by the Courier Co. of Buffalo, N.Y. Typical of the steel engravings used on couriers of the later 1800s. Original is part of the Pfening Collection. Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 5 (Sep-Oct), 1962, cover.

W. W. Cole letterhead, 1879. "Chalmer Condon's Letterheads," Bandwagon, Vol. 6, No. 6 (Nov-Dec), 1962, p. 14D.

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