Scrapbook: 12 Circus 1930s to 1950s Many Photos etc.

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A Circus Scrapbook

With Hundreds of Articles and Clippings

For 12 Circuses in the 1930s to 1950s

(Assembled by an Anonymous Circus Collector)

Arthur Brothers Circus, Austin Brothers Circus, Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus, American Legion Circus, Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus, Attlerbury Brothers Circus, Bailey Brothers Circus, Al G. Barnes Circus, Barnes Brothers Circus, Bud E. Anderson Circus, Barney Brothers Three Ring Circus, Barker Brothers Circus and Rodeo

Scrap Book Size:  12.75 x 10.25 inches

Above:  In Its Original Cover

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Above:  With Several Hundred Articles, Clippings, Advertisements, and Printed Photos

For 12 Circuses from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Above:  With Several Hundred Articles, Clippings, Advertisements, and Printed Photos

For 12 Circuses from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Above:  With Several Hundred Articles, Clippings, Advertisements, and Printed Photos

For 12 Circuses from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Above:  Includes Several Hand-Drawn Cover Pages for Various Circuses

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Above:  With Several Hundred Articles, Clippings, Advertisements, and Printed Photos

For 12 Circuses from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Above:  With Several Hundred Articles, Clippings, Advertisements, and Printed Photos

For 12 Circuses from the 1930s to the 1950s

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Above:  Most of the Newspaper Articles are Dated

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This scrapbook presents hundreds of items from 12 circuses of the 1930s through 1950s.  They are:

Arthur Brothers Circus:

This circus operated from 1942 to 1945.  Owner was Martin E. Arthur, former sideshow operator of the Hildebrand Carnival. Operating out of Venice, California, and Las Vegas.

1. Newspaper advertisement in Modesto, California, with tiger and clown photo.

2. 1943 newspaper advertisement with photo of Clown Mel Henry.

3. 1943 newspaper advertisement  in Turlock, with photo of Titania the elephant.

4. 1945 Los Angeles newspaper clipping about the circus travelling on the railroad.

5. 1945 Newspaper photo and clipping about general agent paul Eagles, formerly with Al G. Barnes Circus.

6. 1943 newspaper clipping  in Moscow, Idaho, about Idaho highway accidents for this circus.

7. 1945 newspaper clipping about this circus' accidents and problems in Ohio.

8. 1944 Salt Lake City newspaper clipping about this circus' accidents and problems in Utah.

9. 1945 newspaper photo of this circus' performers: Vita Sutherland, Della Ryan, Alice Orton, Ken Maynard, Tex Orton, Elsie Jarstadt.

10. 1945 newspaper clipping from Oxnard California: A review of the circus, with full details of the 22 acts.

11. 1942 newspaper article from Waukesha, Wisconsin,  about this circus' storm disaster.

Austin Brothers Circus:

Owner: Harry Hammill

1. 1945 Newspaper advertisement: Canton, Ohio.

2. 1945 newpaper advertisement: Sioux Falls.

3. Newspaper advertisement: Champaign

4. 1945 newsaper clipping: Photo of owner Harry Hammill, equestrian manager Cal Hicks, manager Mickey O'Brien.

5. 1945 newspaper clipping about this circus' performers.

6. 1945 newspaper clipping listing staff and details of the full program.

7. 1945 newspaper photo in Eagle Lake, Texas.

8. Two 1945 newspaper clipping about 8 Austin Circus horses dieing of arsenic poisining.

9. 1945 newsaper article in Clinton Iowa, about the side show.

10. 1947 Los Angeles newspaper clipping about the death of Ben Austin.

11. 1945 Burlington Iowa newspaper clipping about Terrell Jacobs Lion tamer joining the circus.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus:

Managed by Al Ringling

1. 1902 newspaper clipping in Guelph, Ontario, about this circus.

2. Newspaper photo and clipping about elephant trainer George Denman.

3. 1940 clipping giving details about all the acts in this circus parade in 1888.

American Legion Circus:

1.  A hand-drawn and colored title page showing clown, seals, and lion.

2. 1945 New Bedford: large newspaper advertisement with many photos

3. 1933 large newspaper advertisement with illustrations.

Seven 1933 newspaper clippings with photos, Two 1940 newspaper articles, two 1942 advertisements, a 1933 ticket for this circus in Hazleton, PA.

Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus:

Owners: Obert Miller and his sons Kelly Miller and Dore Miller

27 newspaper clippings, dated 1939 through 1966, including many clippings with photos. Including information about Terrell Jacobs, animal trainer Harry Shelby, a complete program, etc.

Attlerbury Brothers Circus:

Hand-colored Title Page with Image of a Clown, Plus a 3-page article with photos of the circus' 1935 elephant accident when an elephant killed a 9-year-old girl in Crookston, Minnesota, plus 6 other newspaper clippings dated 1935 to 1944, including photo and article about owner Robert Lee Atterbury.

Bailey Brothers Circus:

26 newspaper clippings and photos from the 1940s to the 1950s

Al G. Barnes Circus:

Hand-colored title page with tiger, clown, lion, plus 90 newspaper clippings, articles, and advertisements including many, many photos.  1930s to 1940s

Barnes Brothers Circus:

15 articles, clippings, et . 1940s and 1950s

Bud E. Anderson Circus:

18 articles, clippings etc. 1930s and 1940s

Barney Brothers Three Ring Circus:

6 articles & clippings 1930s and 1940s

Barker Brothers Circus and Rodeo:

15 clippings 1940s

I purchased this album from an antiques dealer here in Pennsylvania.

Condition:  Very Nice Condition.    No library or institution markings.  Pages and cover are securely attached.  Pages are fresh and clean. Many of the items are glued to the pages, while many others are laid in looseleaf.

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