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Circus Scrap Book

Partial Index of Articles, 1929 - 1932

Circus Scrap Book was published in Jersey City, New Jersey, the Editor was F. P. Pitzer.


Title or Subject Author Volume Number/Mo. Year Page Note
Man Who Rides, The   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 6-7 James Robinson Online
More About Jimmy Robinson   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 7-8 Online
Lion Tamer's Experience, A   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 9-10  
Barnum's Embarkation   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 11-13 1899
Famous Elephants   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 13-14  
Clowns and Clowning   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 15-20 Online
How the Word "Freaks" Was Changed   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 21-22  
Bankrupt Sale of a Circus Nye, Bill Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 22-24  
Blondin Crosses Niagara
With a Man on His Back
  Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 p. 25 Online
Circus Hoodoos   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 26-27 Online
Carl Hagenbeck Wild Animal Show Morgenthau, B. Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 30-36  
Clown Tricks   Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 p. 36 Pete Jenkins Act Online
Business Side of the Circus, The Davis, Hartley Vol. 1 No. 1 (Jan) 1929 pp. 40-52 Online
Them Tunes the Circus Plays   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 2 Poem
Ballyhoo. American Institution - The Circus, An   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 3-5 Editorial Online
Tribute to James Robinson, Great Rider, A Waddell, Doc Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 5-9   Online
Earnings of the Circus People, The Marcosson, Isaac F. Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 9-23   Online
Peeps Into the Trunk of a Circus Family Robinson, John G. Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 23-25 Elephants, Clowns, Spectacles Online
Talk with Fish and Stickney, A   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 26-28 Charles W. Fish, Samuel E. Stickney Online
How Charley Freeman, Circus Giant, Became a Champion Garvie, William S. Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 28-29 1840s Online
Behind the Scenes With a Snake Charmer Willey, Day Allen Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 30-33   Online
P. T. Barnum and the Newspapers   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 33-34  
Chat About Elephants, A   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 34-36  
Our Elephant Department   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 37 Bailey's baby, Queen Anne
Requiem for "Jenny Lockhart" Wagner, J. A. Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 38-40 Elephant Online
Answering the Circus Fan   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 41-42  
Grimaldi's Farewell Appearance   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 42-44 Joseph Grimaldi, clown Online
Out of a Windjammer's Scrap Book   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 44-45 Van Amburgh Online
Howes and Cushing Note, A   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 45   Online
Training of an Animal Trainer, The Velvin, Ellen Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 46-51   Online
Passing Parade, The   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 52-54 Miscellaneous items Online
Birth of a Baby Elephant   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 55-57 1880
Opposition Leader, An   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 57-59 1873 Online
Clown Tricks   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 59 January Act Online
Johnathan R. Bass, The Ossified Man   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 60   Online
Booming the Big Show Coup, W. C. Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 pp. 61-70   Online
Cue Sheet, A   Vol. 1 No. 2 (Apr) 1929 p. 70 Astley's 1772 Online
Old-Time Circus Clown, The Stanton, Frank L. Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 p. 2 Poem
Circus Editorial   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 3-4 Yankee Robinson Online
First Elephant in the United States, The Shettel, James W. Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 5-14 Online
Out of a Windjammer's Scrap Book   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 14-16 Lent's 1870, Tigress 1861
Covered Wagon Days with Barnum Garvie, Billy S. Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 p. 16 1851
Lion Queens   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 18-21  
First Lessons in Clowning Morley, Christopher Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 21-26 Online
Reminiscence of Miles Orton McGee, Jesse Bartlett Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 26-29 Online
Punch and Judy History   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 p. 30 Online
Circus Carnage   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 31-36 Online
Tattooing Circus Freaks Winkler, John K. Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 36-41  
Cardiff Giant   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 41-42 Online
Juggling Tales Cinquevalli, Paul Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 43-46 Online
Girls in Pink Tights   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 pp. 46-51 Bareback riding Online
Our First Circus Advertisement   Vol. 1 No. 3 (Jul) 1929 p. 52 1881 humor
Circus Editorial   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 3-5 Early history
Out of a Windjammer's Scrap Book   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 5-7 Marriage of Tom Thumb
Rare Items About Freaks   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 7-8 Online
Keeping the Menagerie In Health Tarrisse, Edwin Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 8-13  
Signor Ethardo on the Spiral Plank   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 p. 15 Online
Interview with Charles Hunt
of Hunt's Circus
Fennelly, L. P. Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 16-19 Online
Dressmaking for the Circus Animals Flynn, Cllaire Wallace Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 19-27 Online
Side Show Manager, The Benham, Freddie Darius Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 27-30 Online
Oldest Living Clown, The White, Edgar Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 30-37 Online
Trio of Ancient Circus Items   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 40-41 1850, 1858, 1873
Death of Barnum's Cannibal Shettel, James W. Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 43-50 Online
Astley, the English Showman   Vol. 1 No. 4 (Oct) 1929 pp. 51-52 Online
Circus Editorial
Is the Circus Evil?
    No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 3-4 Online
William E. (Bud) Gorman, Equestrian     No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 4-7 Online
Lion Trainers and Tamers Kobbe Gustav   No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 8-12  
Elephant That Can Read, An     No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 12-13 Online
American Circus Elephants Harris, Charles N.   No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 14-16  
On the Road With
an Old Time Wagon Show
    No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 16-25 Online
She Knew Dan Rice Shettel, James W.   No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 29-41 Online
Circus Musicians     No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 42-43 Online
Equestrians     No. 5 (Jan) 1930 pp. 43-52  
Ladling Out the Pink Lemonade     No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 3-4  
Freaks and Fakes Coup, W. C.   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 7-18  
Arrival of Jumbo in New York     No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 19-23  
Leapers and Tumblers Jennings, John J.   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 23-27 Online
Out of a Circus Owner's Trunk Harris, Charles N.   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 29-30 Online
Confidential Circus Chats Cole, Harry W.   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 31-32 Online
Jerry Mugivan Tells How It Was Done Braden, Frank   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 32-40 Online
"Romeo's" Jolly Trip     No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 43-44  
Out of Charley Davis' Circus Chest     No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 47-49  
From a Windjammer's Scrap Book Severance, G. A.   No. 6 (Apr) 1930 pp. 49-52  
Out of Charley Davis' Circus Chest     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 3-5  
Training Animal Trainers Bostock, Frank   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 6-12  
Cook House, Past and Present, The Davis, Arthur   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 12-15 Online
My Box Office Experiences Morgenthau, B.   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 15-18 Online
Out of a Windjammer Scrap Book Severance, G. A.   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 18-20  
Adam Forepaugh Poster, An     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 21-22 Online
Pantomomic Clowns     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 22-34  
Narrow Escape From Moonshiners Day, Charles H.   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 34-37 Online
Old Time Advertisement
of the New York Circus
    No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 38-40 Online
Harry Cole's Column     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 40-41 Amazing ads Online
Chang and Eng the Siamese Twins     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 41-45  
Herr Driesbach and His Lion     No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 45-47  
Circus of Ye Olden Times Dixon   No. 7 (Jul) 1930 pp. 47-52 Online
Making Actors of Wild Animals Bonavita, Capt. Jack   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 7-15  
Adventures of Pete Conklin,
the Famous Clown
Conklin, Pete   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 16-18  
Queen of the Flaming Zone, The Shettel, James W.   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 19-26 Online
Charles W. Fish Greene, Frank L.   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 31-35 Online
Circus Lures Detroit Doctor
Back Year After Year
Gore, Russell   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 35-41  
About Some of the Ortons     No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 42-43 Online
Elephants I Have Known Aughinbaugh, De. W. E.   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 44-45  
Out of the Mail Bag
Montgomery Queen's Circus
S. R.V. W.   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 46-47 Online
Recollections of the Miles Orton Circus Taylor, Val   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 47-49 Online
Ringling Item, A Casson, Henry   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 50-51  
Monopedic Entertainers Earles, Geo. R.   No. 8 (Oct) 1930 pp. 51-52 Online
Red Wagons Cole, Harry W.   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 p. 2 Poem
Ballyhooey!!     No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 3-8 Elephants, Dan Rice, Melville, DuCrow clown, & more
Throwing Somersaults     No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 9-12 Online
Elephants - Good and Bad Wiley, Ed. P.   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 13-22
Out of a Windjammer's Note Book Severance, G. A.   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 22-26 Kobelkoff, The Truncate Artist; Barnum's Museum
Circus Paper     No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 26-27 Lithographs, billboards, advertising Online
Glamour of Circus Words, The Smith, Lloyd Edwin   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 27-32 Online
Comments on Clowning Gaston, Albert   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 32-34 Online
Walter Lee Main at 68 Bernard, Charles   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 34-36 Online
Harry Whitby, Circus Man Shettel, James W.   No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 36-47 Online
Fame of a Clown, The     No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 47-49 John Lowlow Online
Out of the Mail Bag     No. 9 (Jan) 1931 pp. 49-52 Ringling, David Watt, Fred Ledgett Online
Riders     No. 10 (Apr) 1931 pp. 7-9 Online
He Scares the Lions Deuell, Harvey V.   No. 10 (Apr) 1931 pp. 9-16  
Hagenbeck, Hamburg     No. 10 (Apr) 1931 pp. 20-24  
Side-Show Freaks and Barkers Wiley, Ed. P.   No. 10 (Apr) 1931 pp. 25-30 Online
Men-and-Animal Shows and
How They Are Moved About
Stoddard, William O.   No. 10 (Apr) 1931 pp. 31-52  
When the Circus is in Town     No. 11 (Jul) 1931 p. 2 Poem
Safety for Circus Stunts     No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 3-4 Online
Blondin, The Rope-Walking Pony Bernard, Charles   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 4-5 Online
Women Who Conquer Beasts Lee, Lucia Trevor   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 6-11  
My White Elephant Barnum, P. T.   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 11-17  
Menagerie Secret, A     No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 17-18 Lions
Clowns and Their Work LaPearl, Harry   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 18-20 Online
Answers to Correspondents     No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 20-21 Dan J. Fitzgerald, elephants & more
Circus Side Show Brought Up to Date     No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 21-29 Online
Training Seals Is Easy Zimmerman, H. E.   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 p. 30 Online
Great International Circus in Australia, The Shettel, James W.   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 31-42 Online
My Toughest Season As a Circus Agent Wiley, E. P.   No. 11 (Jul) 1931 pp. 43-52 Online
When the Circus Comes to Town     No. 12 (Oct) 1931 p. 2 Poem
Death of the Learned Elephant Shettel, James W.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 3-6 1822 Online
George L. Fox, King of Clowns Bernard, Charles   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 6-9 Online
Lifetime with Wild Animals, A Conklin, George   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 9-14  
Forepaugh's Faux Pas     No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 14-16 Online
Turning Back the Circus Years Faggella, John C.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 16-17 Miscellaneous history
Items from N. Y. Clipper of 1859 Severance, G. A.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 18-20 Online
James A. Hatch: An Appreciation Chipman, Bert J.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 20-26 Online
One Ring Circus of the Past, The Main, Walter L.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 26-30 Online
Stake and Chain Wagon Chatter Wiley, Ed. P.   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 31-33 Online
Did You Know     No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 33-34  
Vanishing Day at the Circus Davis, Charles Belmont   No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 34-48 Online
Pitzer's Passing Parade     No. 12 (Oct) 1931 pp. 49-52 Frank A. Robbins and more
In the Light of Smoking Torches J. W. G.   No. 13 (Jan) 1932 p. 2 Poem
Zimply Circus Clips Zimmerman, H. E.   No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 3-7 Miscellaneous items
Samuel P. Stickney Severance, G. A.   No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 7-10 Online
W. W. Cole's Rampage Elephant     No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 10-12 Samson
Giant Story, A. Bernard, Chas.   No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 12-18 Capt. Bates & Anna Swan Online
Walter L. Main Says:     No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 18 Charley Andress Online
Spalding and Rogers' Floating Circus     No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 19-20 Online
First Bareback Somersault Rider, The Shettel, James W.   No. 13 (Jan) 1932 pp. 21-52 John Glenroy Online
Circus Rider to His Horse Rosenfeld, Monroe H.   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 p. 2 Poem
How Big Was Jumbo? Kellog, Walter Guest   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 3-9  
Amout Menageries and Their Tenants Wood, Warren   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 9-10 Online
Leaping Over Eighteen Elephants Beal, George Brinton   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 10-16 Online
Passing Parade, The Pitzer, F. P.   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 16-21 Miscellaneous
Out of a Windjammer's Diary Duble, C. E.   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 21-23 Might Haag Online
Circusing Before the Civil War May, Josiah Monroe   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 23-29  
Adam Forepaugh's Honesty Shattuck, Otis   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 29-30 Online
Circus Women Leitzel, Lillian   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 30-42 Online
Joe B. McMahon Item, A Cole, Harry W.   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 43-44 Online
Answering the Circus Fan     No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 44-45  
Heywood Brown Reviews A Circus Book   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 45-48 Ways of the Circus, Harvey Root
Tillie: An Obituary Pitzer, F. P.   No. 14 (Apr) 1932 pp. 49-52 Elephant Online
Among Wild Beasts     No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 3-8  
Circus At Auction     No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 8-9 Montgomery Queen Online
John "Porgy" O'Brien Conklin, George   No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 9-15 Online
C. E. Duble Writes     No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 15-16 Harris' Nickel Plate
Keeping the White Tops in Tune May, Earl Chapin   No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 16-29  
Circus Agents I Have Known Main, Walter L.   No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 29-31 Online
Fredericton - One Day Only Phillips, Fred H.   No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 31-40 Online
Career of Levi James North,
Rider and Vaulter
Severance, G. A.   No. 15 (Jul) 1932 pp. 42-46 Online
Aerial Feats     No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 5-7 Online
Chiarini Chloupek, James V.   No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 7-10 Online
Circus and Me, The Reed, Mabel   No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 15-18 Online
Olden-Time Circus Defended     No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 18-20  
Lions, Tigers and Others - Tame Kobbe, Gustav   No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 20-23  
Laugh Makers at the Circus     No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 23-26 Online
Stories of Oldtime Shows
and Showmen
Coup, W. C.   No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 26-41 Online
Social Side of the Circus Harriman, Karl Edwin   No. 16 (Oct) 1932 pp. 42-50 Online

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