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A circus is a company of performers
that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze
acts, musicians, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers,
unicyclists and other object manipulation and stunt-oriented
artists. The term 'circus' also describes the performance
which has followed various formats through its 150-year
modern history. Philip Astley is credited with being the
'father' of the modern circus when he opened the first
circus in 1768 in England. Early circuses were almost
exclusively demonstrations of equestrian skills with a few
other types of acts to link the horsemanship performances.
Performances developed significantly through the next fifty
years, with large scale theatrical battle reenactments
becoming a significant feature. The 'traditional' format,
whereby a ringmaster introduces a varied selection of acts
that mostly perform choreographed acts to traditional music,
developed in the latter part of 19th century and continued
almost universally to be the main style of circus up until
the 1970s.
This collection is dedicated to circus history. This collection on DVD
contains 40 publications in PDF format, over 300 historic
photos, and over 300 historic poster images are included.
Please note that this collection contains scans of old books and
magazines, some
of which were in poor condition before being rescued and digitized for
posterity. This means that you may see some pages with creases
and tears that show up in the scans.
Publications List:
Amateur Circus Life, 1916,
by Ernest Blach, 244 pages
300+ Early 1900's Circus Photos
Autobiography of a Clown, 1910, by Isaac F. Marcosson, 144
pages
The Autobiography of Petite Bunkum, the showman : showing his
birth, education, and bringing up, his astonishing adventures by sea and
land, his connection with Tom Thumb, Judy Heath, the woolly horse, the
fudge mermaid, and the Swedish nightingale : together with many other
strange and startling matters in his eventful career, all of which are
illustrated with numerous engravings (1856), 73 pages
Carnival, 1913, by Compton Mackenzie, 421 pages
Circus Comics Number 1 and 2. Complete circus-related comic
scanned. 72 pages in all
Circus Life and Circus Celebrities, 1881, by Thomas Frost,
378 pages
Circus Memoir, 1913. “Reminiscences of George Middleton", 129
pages
Clown, The Circus Dog, 1917, by A. Vimar, 126 pages
Corinne of the Circus, 1916, by Katharine Kavanaugh, 44 pages
Guide to the Archives of the Ringling Museum, by Deborah
Walk, 61 pages
Hagenbecks Arena World Columbian Exposition, 1893, 10 page
brochure
Herschell Spillman Merry Go Round Catalog (c1900's), 36 pages
Joe Strong on the Trapeze, The Daring Feats of aYoung Circus Performer,
1916, by Vance Barnum, 223 pages
Legacy of the Circus King John Ringling, by Aaron De Groft,
163 pages
Life of P.T. Barnum Autobiography, 1855, 164 pages
Life story of the Ringling brothers, illustrated, 1900, by
Alfred Ringling, 241 pages
Monsieur Clown 1889. French Language, by Edouard Perrodil,
193 pages
Myers Grand Hippodrome at The Crystal Palace. Brochure
c1800s., by John Myers, 32 pages
On the Road with a Circus, 1905, by William Carter Thompson,
303 pages
Over 300 Vintage Circus Poster Images
P.T. Barnums Menagerie, 1888, by PT Barnum, 27 pages
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus, (1906), by Hon. Geo. W. Peck,
325 pages
Polly of the Circus, 1908, by Margaret Mayo, 464 pages
Recollections of an Equestrian Manager, 1881, by Charles
Montague, 114 pages
Reveries of a Circus Clown, 1914, by Max Dillae, 32 pages
Ring and Coronet a Story of Circus Life, Vol.1, 1883, 256
Pages
Ring and Coronet a Story of Circus Life, Vol.2, 1883, 271
Pages
Ring and Coronet a Story of Circus Life, Vol.3, 1883, 251
Pages
Sawdust and Spangles - Stories and Secrets of the Circus,
1901, by W.C. Coup, 300 pages
Struggles and Triumphs - Forty Years Recollections of P.T. Barnum,
1873, by PT Barnum, 854 pages
The Circus and Other Essays, 1921, by Joyce Kilmer, 321 pages
The Circus, its Origin and Growth Prior to 1835, c1909, by
Isaac Greenwood, 160 pages
The Frolie grasshopper circus, 1898, by American Cereal Co,
16 pages
The life of P.T. Barnum, (1888), 440 pages
The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus, 1899,
by Horatio Alger, 199 pages
The young circus rider, or, The mystery of Robert Rudd,
(c1883), 303 pages
Theatrical and Circus Life 1893. "Secrets of the stage, green room and
circus arena." by John Joseph Jennings, 619 pages
Ticket to the Circus. A Pictorial History of the Ringlings,
by Charles Fox, 196 pages
Toby Tyler or, Ten Weeks with a Circus, 1881, by James Otis,
274 pages
When the Circus Came to Town, 1912, by Harry Newton, 78 pages
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