Set Reminder2021-06-26 12:00:002021-06-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Oddities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-oddities-21965 Several fine collections make up this year’s auction, including one of our largest offerings to date of vintage circus and sideshow photographs, banners, and posters, as well as show memorabilia, books and autographs, and an array of bizarre and unusual objects.
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John Robinson Circus / Sideshow Panoramic Photograph. Circa 1920s. Silver gelatin panoramic photograph of the John Robinson circus and sideshow entrances. A large crowd has gathered outside the sideshow entrance, where the bannerline advertises Prof. (Fred) Nelson, Tattooed Man; Dieckman, ?Fire Fiend and Human Volcano?; Miss Hilda, snake charmer; Dolly the Doll Lady; John Carter, ?Man with an Iron Skull?; Dancing Girls of the Orient; and other acts. Date and place (Louisville, Aug. 21) lettered in white at right side of image. Black members of the side show band appear on stage. To the right, a group of adolescents are sneaking into the big top. Black wooden frame. Sight area 7 x 45?.