Set Reminder2025-05-22 12:00:002025-05-22 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Carnival https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-carnival-21883 Our annual auction of circus, sideshow, and carnival collectibles takes place this May. Highlights include magnificent and rare lithographs for Buffalo Bill, Ringling Brothers, and many European circuses
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[WPA ? FEDERAL THEATRE PROGRAM]. Large Group of Nearly 400 Photographs of WPA Circus Acts and Performers. [Ca. 1930s]. Black and white photographs, nearly all with ?Please Credit WPA Federal Theatre Photos" inkstamped on versos. Sizes range from approximately 14 x 11" to 7 x 5". Generally toned, curled, creased, some soiled, dampstained, scuffed, chipped, some tears, edgeworn. Generally very good. With several WPA 3-Ring Circus Official Route Cards from the 1930s. Some subjects include: Polynesian-themed act, wild west performers, African-American performers in ?native" garb, clowns, backstage scenes, dog acts, elephant acts, lion and animal tamers, aerialists, a bear act with a bear wearing roller skates, male and female performers in costumes, including one photo of a woman dressed as ?Snow White" and men in masks as the dwarfs.