Circus Photography (4 results)

Condition: Very Good. Photograph. View of about a dozen circus elephants, performing in a line, encouraged by other performers in the center ring. No photographer, place or date noted, circa 1950s. Approx. 4" x 9 7/8" size; glossy finish. Light wear, a little crinkling to surface; a sharp image in very good condition.…

A hand-colored albumen photograph showing an unidentified male circus performer or acrobat posed full-length in a studio, wearing white tights and slippers, decorated trunks, wrist cuffs, and an elaborate ruffled collar. The performer is likely an acrobat or gymnast. The photograph is unsigned and the subject unidentified; the format and presentation suggest an American origin, though similar circus portraits were produced in Europe during the period. Mount with edge wear, rounded and chipped corners, rippling to mount, short closed tear at left edge, scattered surface wear and spotting; some loss to applied color, particularly at the trunks, good. Photograph approximately 7 ½ × 5 ¼ inches, mounted to a larger card with printed oval rules. No photographer?s imprint or identification to verso.…

ALBUM. Condition: Very good condition. An impressive British album of circus performer photographs, including 3 of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus and images of some famous traveling menageries, including Bostock & Wombwell's and Mander's Menagerie, as well as acts, many with manuscript captions. The album with front cover label reading "Stourpaine Bushes '74, Site and Vehicle Caravan". Stourpaine Bushes was the site in Dorset England where the Great Dorset Steam Fair took place, starting in 1969. Many performers identified with captions including: Temple Mead Bristoff , "The Cumberlands"; Vaclav Zelenka & Specially Constructed Trampoline; The Brockways, Masters of Agility, Balance and Comedy on Bicycles; Sally & Kevin McGrath, Kevin [the] runner up in World Professional Skating Championship; Bert Stevenson & Joe Marshall"; "The Three [Edigehs?] ; Jousson Bros, Gerard & Philippe; Joe Jackson Jnr"; Bostock and Wombwell's Menagerie (famous menagerie founded in 1810) including images of the three menagerie wagons "Rajah", "Pedro" and "Nero" with images showing drivers, staff and children; the late Billy Smart & Sons; Jimmy Kaye's Freak Show; Mander's Family on the front of their "Grand Star Menagerie" (the family in front of the huge caravan; this Menagerie was founded by William Mathers in the 1860s; he was considered the greatest showman of his day); and Harry Cody's Circus Front. Other images include 24 photographs of the trope performing on the rink ice in an elaborate ice shows; Lou Jacobs (clown), Gunther Gebel Williams, Mani Niedermeyer (with Polar bear), Le Chabre, Dorellos Sisters, the Breuer Troop, Trio Findai, Berosini & Chimps, "Franz Krefts brown bear, the most difficult & dangerous animals to train"; Werner & Denyse Muller; Lucien Meyer's Skating Chimpanzees; and Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey's Elephants rehearsal at Louisville". A mix of original b&w snap shots and stock photographs, some in color. The album 12 x 10 ½", bound in yellow cloth with cord tie, paper title laid down at front cover. 78 photographs, laid down, ranging in size from 10 x 8 to 3 ½ x 4 1/2".…

Condition: Very good overall. An albumen photograph of a trapeze artist, possibly H.Huston Ludlum, a muscular young man wearing full length leg covering and shorts and short sleeve shirt holding a horizontal trapeze bar attached to a multitude of balloon cords, in front of a painted backdrop. Dillon Cor 8th & Race Sts Cincinnati below photograph. Verso has a fully illustrated trade card for Dillon's Imperial Photo Gallery with an illustrated building advertising S.W. Dillon and a Garfield monument out front. "Elegant Portraits, made from small pictures in india ink, water colors, crayon and pastels.' 4 1/4 x 6 1/4", Albuman photo on a printed cabinet card corners and edges rubbed, one pinhole bottom center.…