The Great Forepaugh Circus Archive. 1870s?1920s. File folde...

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The Zweifel Circus Collection

By Potter & Potter Auctions

Sep 24, 2022

Set Reminder 2022-09-24 12:00:00 2022-09-24 12:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : The Zweifel Circus Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-zweifel-circus-collection-21943
Our September sale features the remarkable circus archives of John & Jan Zweifel. Lifelong circus fans and collectors, the Zweifels' archives were home to tens of thousands of documents, photographs, and relics, including correspondence and memorabilia, as well as circus and wild west costumes, posters, and banners. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

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  The Great Forepaugh Circus Archive. 1870s?1920s. File folder with items related to The Great Forepaugh show and Circus, the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Shows, Forepaugh & Sells Aggregation. Archive includes nineteenth century playbills, including four copies ?The Opinion of an Expert re Adam Forepaugh?s Circus and Menagerie,? lithographed foldout programs, four 1911 booklets of ?Press Notices,? nos. 3-6, route schedules and notes for 1882, (storm damage, Forepaugh?s arrest by Children?s Protective Services), and others. Poor to very good.
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