Tibbals Collection of Tickets and Passes

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Tibbals Collection of Tickets and Passes

Overview

Administrative Information

Historical Note

Description of the Papers

Related Materials

Contents of the Collection

Overview

Repository Archives

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

5401 Bay Shore Road

Sarasota, Florida 34243

[email protected]

Creator Tibbals, Howard, 1936 –

Title Tibbals Ticket, Pass and Coupon Collection

Dates 1826 - 2009

Physical Description 8 linear feet

Physical Description 6727 items

Language English, French, German, Spanish

Arrangement Alphabetical order by name followed by chronological

order.

Summary This collection holds tickets, passes and coupons for

circuses and sideshows, fairs, minstrel shows, carnivals,

railways, expositions, exhibitions, concerts, excursions,

zoos and spectacles. There are tickets with seating

information specifying one seat or chair, general admission,

reserved seating, preferred seating, arena floor, grandstand,

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and balcony seating or a ride. And, tickets that stipulate

who the ticket is for: admit one; admit two; working boy;

water boy; boy; girl; a child, 2 or more children; special

school children; high school; circus daddy; driver;

trainmaster; guest; adult; family; helper; bill poster;

worker; press; extra help; door check or sponsorship.

There are admission; advance sale, courtesy,

complimentary, souvenir, contest, excursion, lithograph

order, exchange, requisition, half price and discount tickets

as well as those to see the animals and to kiss the elephant.

Employee tickets include those for the annex, circus

railway mileage, meals, commissary, parking, opening day

banquet and lot access. The majority of the collection

consists of full tickets as opposed to ticket stubs. There are

ticket books and rolls of tickets as well.

Passes include those for complimentary single seating, or

for providing annual, season, or lifetime access. Single

seating passes stipulate those for a band member,

roustabout, news boy, press-radio-tv, advertisers, special

industry and rental exchange, and local officials. Employee

and performer passes provide access to the backyard, a

performance, lot and wagons and may be specified by

department.

There are a scant number of coupons for exchange,

discounts and children. The majority of this collection is

printed on paper or card stock with exceptions for those

printed on metal and cloth. This collection is in a sundry of

shapes and sizes.

Administrative Information

Provenance Collected by Howard Tibbals who purchased collections of

other collectors including those of James Dunwoody and

Harold Dunn.

Information about Access Use of certain materials is restricted by statute, by the

office of origin, or by the donor. For the protection of its

collections, the Archives also reserves the right to restrict

access to records which are not arranged, are being

processed, or are exceptionally valuable or fragile. In some

cases, copies may be substituted for the originals.

Ownership & Copyright Copyright status for the material is unknown. Transmission

or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright

Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use

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requires the written permission of the copyright owners.

Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially

exploited without permission of the copyright owners.

Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Cite As The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Florida State

University, Tibbals Ticket, Pass, and Coupon Collection

and should include the box and folder listing.

Processing Notes Processed by Deanna Belch and H. Connor, December

2015.

Historical Note Tickets are a type of a receipt. They are used to entitle the

holder to a service such as entertainment or transportation

or they can be a record of a transaction. Metal tokens

remain from ancient Rome. Subsequent tickets have been

made of ivory, semi-precious metals and beginning in the

18th century forward tickets have been printed on paper,

card stock or paste board.

Admission tickets are generally, those that have the word

admit printed on them along with a number or a space or

name or names. Admission tickets are different than tickets

that are received as a receipt for a service. According to

Maurice Rickards, they are document of up-coming

ceremonial events such as a coronation or wedding as well

as concerts, entrance to exhibitions, zoos, and other places

of interest and entertainment.1 Tickets come in many forms,

from elaborate to simple. They are ephemeral in nature,

generally being torn in half to prevent their reuse. Passes

provide privileged access and are associated with the

implication of special exception.2

In the late 19th century, coupons were used as a marketing

tool to create and maintain product mass demand. As an

inducement scheme, consumers were rewarded for their

product loyalty with a coupon. Coupon gifts were designed

to be collected and later exchanged by patrons for a

“present.” This practice originated in 1851 by soap maker

Benjamin Babbitt of New York.

Description of the Papers

The Tibbals Ticket, Pass, and Coupon Collection is

predominately a collection of circus ephemera. Admission

tickets are the greatest portion of the collection. There are

1 Rickards, Maurice. The Encyclopedia of Ephemera, 2000. 2 Rickards, Maurice. The Encyclopedia of Ephemera, 2000.

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tickets with seating information specifying one seat or

chair, general admission, reserved seating, preferred

seating, arena floor, grandstand, and balcony seating or a

ride. And, tickets that stipulate who the ticket is for: admit

one; admit two; working boy; water boy; boy; girl; a child,

2 or more children; special school children; high school;

circus daddy; driver; trainmaster; guest; adult; family;

helper; bill poster; worker; press; extra help; door check or

sponsorship. There are admission; advance sale, courtesy,

complimentary, souvenir, contest, excursion, lithograph

order, half price and discount tickets as well as those to see

the animals and to kiss the elephant. Employee tickets

include those for the annex, circus railway mileage, meals,

commissary, parking, opening day banquet and lot access.

The majority of the collection consists of full tickets as

opposed to ticket stubs. There are ticket books and rolls of

tickets as well.

Passes include those for complimentary single seating, or

for providing annual, season, or lifetime access. Single

seating passes stipulate those for a band member,

roustabout, news boy, press-radio-tv, advertisers, special

industry and rental exchange, and local officials. Employee

and performer passes provide access to the backyard, a

performance, lot and wagons and may be specified by

department. Press, canvas, and wagon department passes

are signed by a department representatives to be valid for

use.

There are a scant number of coupons for exchange,

discounts and children. The majority of this collection is

printed on paper or card stock with exceptions for those

printed on metal and cloth. This collection is in a sundry of

shapes and sizes.

Related Materials Tibbals Route Book, Route Sheet and Route Card

Collection and Tibbals Program Collection.

Subject Headings

101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far East, no date.

50th Anniversary Celebration of the Ringling Bros. Show,

1933.

A Night in the Lands of Gold, 1854.

Adam Forepaugh, 1905.

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros America's Greatest Shows,

1898, 1904, 1910.

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Adam Forepaugh (Great Forepaugh) Show Museum,

Menagerie, Triple Circus, and Roman Hippodrome,

1883.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros., 1886-1907, 1910-1911.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Big United Shows, 1910.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Enormous Shows United,

1910.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros. Shows United, 1905.

Adam Forepaugh's New and Greatest All Feature Show,

1901.

Adam Forepaugh's New Olympia, 1867-1894.

Adam Forepaugh's New Trained Animal Show, 1880.

Adams and Sells Circus, 1960-1961.

Adams Bros. & Seils Bros. Circus, 1959.

Adams Bros. Circus, 1928-1929, 1937, 1957-1958.

Adams Bros. Circus and Seils Bros. World Toured Shows

Combined, 1959.

Adams-Floto, 1940.

Al F. Wheeler's New Model Shows, 1903-1910, 1915-

1917, 1924-1932.

Al G. Barnes and Sells-Floto Combined Circus, 1937-1938.

Al G. Barnes Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1906-1938.

Al G. Barnes Big 4 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1906-1938.

Al G. Barnes Big 5 Ring Circus, 1929.

Al G. Barnes Circus, 1906-1938.

Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus, 1906-1938.

Al G. Clark and Bros., 1974-1980.

Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. 2nd Largest Wild Animal

Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1937-

1968, 1984-1986.

Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Zoo, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 2nd Largest Circus, 1956.

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Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 2nd Largest Wild Animal

Circus, 1952.

Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-

1986.

Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1950.

Al Ringling Theater, no date.

Aladdin Shrine Circus, 1956.

Ali Ghan Temple Shrine Spectacular, 1979.

All American Circus, 1978.

All New Ford Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1983.

Allan C. Hill Productions, no date.

Allan C. Hill Productions Presents Great American Circus,

1991.

Allentown Police Circus, 1948.

Almas Temple's 21st Annual Shrine Circus, 1962.

Al's Old Circus Calliope, no date.

American Big Top Circus, 1983.

American Circus, 1875, 1886-1889, 1896, 1929, 1939,

1978-1981, 1985-1994.

American Circus, 1985-1994.

American Circus (Allan C. Hill), 1985-1994.

American Combined Circus, 1939.

The

.2American Exhibition, World’s Fair, London, 1887.

American National Circus, no date.

American School Circus, no date.

Animaland USA, 1960.

Ararat Shrine Circus, 1968.

Arizona Joe's Wild West Shows, 1913.

Arter Bros. Charleston Community Circus, 1958.

Arthur Bros. Circus, 1944.

Ashton's Circus, no date.

Astley's Royal Ampitheatre, 1840.

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Austin Bros., 1945.

Austin Bros. Circus, 1945.

Ayres and Kathryn Davies Circus, 1947-1950.

Bailey Bros., 1917-1920, 1935-1938, 1944-1948, 1951,

1953, 1959-1960, 1964-1968.

Bailey Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1948.

Bailey Bros. Circus, 1917-1920.

Bailey Bros. New Circus, 1917-1920, 1935-1938, 1944-

1948, 1951, 1953, 1959-1960, 1964-1968.

Balkan States Exhibition, 1907.

Barker Bros Circus & Rodeo Thrill Show, no date.

Barnes and Bailey Second Largest Circus, 1964.

Barnes' Famous Diving Elks, no date.

Barnett Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1930.

Barnett Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1928-1949.

Barnett Bros. Circus, 1928-1936, 1938-1939, 1945.

Barney Bros. Circus, 1926, 1935-1938.

Barney O'Hearn World Wide Circus, 1946.

Barnum & Bailey, 1888-1918.

Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1908.

Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, 1897.

Barnum & Bailey Shows, 1889.

Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, 1904.

Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, 1918.

Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, 1888-1918.

Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth, 1889.

Barnum and London United Shows, 1885.

Barnum and London’s United 8 Shows, 1881-1885.

Barnum, [P.T.] no date.

Barnum, [P.T.], American Museum, 1940.

Barnum, [P.T.], and Co's Great Shows and Adam

Forepaugh's Colossal Aggregation, 1887.

Barnum, [P.T.], and the Great London Circus, 1882.

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Barnum, [P.T.], Complimentary Dinner, 1874.

Barnum, [P.T.], Great New York Roman Hippodrome,

1874.

Barnum, [P.T.], Great Traveling World Fair, 1875.

Barnum, [P.T.], Greatest Show on Earth, 1898.

Barnum, [P.T.], Kaleidoscape -Feld Enterprise, 1999.

Barnum, [P.T.], Lecture Hall, 1882.

Barnum, [P.T.], Mammoth Combined Muzee, no date.

Barnum, [P.T.],'s Great Roman Hippodrome, 1874.

Barnum, [P.T.],'s Greatest Show on Earth, no date.

Barnum's, P. T. Traveling World's Fair, 1875.

Barnum-London Consolidation, 1884.

Barr Bros. Circus, 1942-1946.

Bartok Circus, 1967-1972.

Bartok Circus Hunt, 1967-1972.

Barton & Bailey World Celebrated Shows, 1915.

Batcheller & Doris' Great Railroad Show Menagerie &

Circus, 1879-1882.

Batcheller and Doris' Great Inter-Ocean Largest Show on

Earth, 1879-1882.

Bays Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1935.

Beebe Bros. Circus, 1947.

Beers-Barnes Circus, 1932-1966.

Believe It Or Not, 1993.

Benmar Bros. Combined Animal Shows, 1927.

Bentley Bros. Circus, 1978-.

Berger Family and Sol Smith Russell, 1860.

Berkley Bros. Circus and Carl Clark's Trained Animals,

1934.

Bidwell and Wrighter's Progressive Shows, 1912.

Big Apple Circus, 1984.

Big Circus, 1992.

Big John Strong Circus Under the Big Top, no date.

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Big John Strong International Circus, 1973.

Bill Cody Ranch Wild West and Bostock's Wild Animal

Circus, no date.

Bill Cody Ranch Wild West and Walter L. Main Circus,

1931.

Bill McGaw's Motor Circus, 1957.

Biller Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1949-1951.

Biller Bros. Circus, 1949-1951.

Billy Arlington Lecture: Life's Problem, 1913.

Birnam Bros. Great 3 Ring Circus, 1964-1966.

Blue Ribbon Shows, no date.

Boas Brothers Circus, 1968.

Bob Dickman Circus and 101 Ranch Wild West Combined,

1945-1946.

Bob Taber's Animal Chautauqua, no date.

Bob Taber's Chautauqua and Animal Show, no date.

Bond Bros. Circus, 1945.

Bostock & Wombwell's Master United Shows, no date.

Bostock's Wild Animal Circus, 1899, 1913, 1932.

Boston Museum, 1856.

Bouglione, no date.

Boumi Temple Shrine Circus, 1991.

Bradley and Benson's Combined Circus, 1944-1946.

Bradley's Circus, no date.

Brighton Aquarium, 1883.

Broekmann's Celebrated Circus and Trained Animal Show,

1876.

Buck Jones Wild West Shows and Round Up Days, 1929.

Buck Owens Circus, 1946.

Bud E. Anderson 3 Ring Circus, 1923-1925, 1939-1941,

1944-1945.

Bud Hawkins Trained Animal Circus, 1936.

Buffalo Bill's and Pawnee Bill's, 1909-1913.

Buffalo Bill's Original Wild West Rocky Mountain and

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Prairie Exhibition, 1883.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1897.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of

the World, 1883-1913, 1971, 1977-1980, 1983.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined with Pawnee Bill's

Great Far East, 1912.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Combined With Pawnee Bill's

Great Far East, 1909.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Pawnee Bill's Far East, 1910.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, 1971, 1977-1980, 1983.

Burling Bros. Circus, 1949-1955.

Busby Bros. Shows, 1902-1904.

Butte, Anaconda, & Pacific Railway Company, 1908.

California Frank's All Star Wild West, 1909-1914.

California Pacific International Exposition, 1939.

Cambridge Fair, 1937.

Camel Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1929, 1937.

Campbell Bros. Great Consolidated Shows, 1909.

Campbell Bros. Great Consolidated Shows (Miniature),

1943.

Campbell Bros. Shows, 1907.

Capell Bros. Circus, 1949-1953.

Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows Combined,

1907.

Carl Hagenbeck and Great Wallace Shows Combined

Colossal 3 Ring Circus, 1907.

Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark Stellingen, no date.

Carson and Barnes 5 Ring Circus, 1977.

Carson and Barnes Big 5 Ring Circus, 1977.

Carson and Barnes Big Wild Animal Circus, 1957-1963,

1965-.

Carson and Barnes Circus, 1957-1963, 1965-.

Carson and Barnes Wild Animal Circus, 1957-1963, 1965-.

Carter Dramatic Company, no date.

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Cavalcade of Amusements, no date.

CBS Television Network The Circus Hall of Fame The

World's Greatest Circus Stars, 1966.

Central Park Menagerie and Den Stone's Circus, 1872-

1873.

Charles Bros. Continental Circus, 1974.

Chas Collier's Original Silas Green From New Orleans Co.,

1934.

Chas. Collier's Original Silas Green from New Orleans,

1942.

Christy Bros., 1920-1930.

Christy Bros. Big 4 Ring Wild Animal Shows, 1924.

Christy Bros. Shows, 1920-1930.

Christy Wild Animal Circus, 1920-1930.

Cincinnati, Lebanon, & Northern Railway, 1917.

Circo Loyal Americano Preferencia Nino, no date.

Circus America, 1898-1990, 1995-1996.

Circus Bartok, 1967-1972.

Circus Bruno, 1988-1990.

Circus Carnaval "Beas Modelo", 1934.

Circus City Festival, 1960.

Circus City Festival Circus, 1964.

Circus Fans Association of America Annual Convention,

1964.

Circus Farm, 1950s-1974.

Circus Franz Althoff, 1937-1968.

Circus Hall of Fame, 1956-1980.

Circus Hall of Fame presents George Hanneford Family

Circus, 2008.

Circus Inn, 1949.

Circus Kingdom, 1991.

Circus Kirk, 1969.

Circus Kirk 3 Rings Under the Big Top, 1969-1978.

Circus Kirk 3 Rings Under the Big Top Biggest Brass

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Band, 1971.

Circus Kirk Under the Big Top 10th Annual Tour, 1977.

Circus Krone, 1905-.

Circus Marantha 14th Annual, 1993.

Circus Pages, 1991.

Circus Royale, 1963-1964, 1986-.

Circus Vargas, 1974-.

Circus Vargas America's Big Top Giant, 1974-.

Circus Vargas Under the Big Top, 1974.

Circus Vargas Under the World's Largest Travelling Big

Top, 1975.

Circus World Museum, 1960.

Circus World Museum- American Bicentennial Circus,

1992.

Cirkus Arli, no date.

Cirque du Soleil La Nouba, 1999.

Cirque International, no date.

Clark & Walters Wild Animal Circus, 1964-1972.

Clark and Walters Circus, 1964-1972.

Clayton's Combined Circus, 1937.

Clayton's Combined Circus and Menagerie, 1937.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Combined Circus, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Combined Circus World's

Largest, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros Combined Circus World's

Largest Circus Under the Big Top, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus Coliseum Christmas

Circus and Holiday Festival, 1962-1963.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Combined Circus, 1966.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Combined Circus World's

Largest, 1959.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Combined Circus World's

Largest Circus Under the Big Top, 1978.

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Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. World's Largest Under the Big

Top Circus, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus the World's Largest

Circus Under the Big Top, 1989.

Clyde Beatty 3 Ring Circus, 1958.

Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. Circus, 1959-.

Clyde Beatty and Russell Bros. Circus, 1944.

Clyde Beatty and Russell Bros. Combined Circus, 1944.

Clyde Beatty Circus, 1941-1942, 1945-1958.

Clyde Beatty Gigantic Railroad Circus, 1941-1942-1945-

1958.

Clyde Beatty Railroad Circus, 1941-1942, 1945-1958.

Clyde Beatty Trained Wild Animal Circus, 1945.

Clyde Bros. Circus, 1943-1978, 1991-1999.

Coalport Opera House, no date.

Col. Cody's Home - Coming, 1909.

Col. Tim McCoy's Real Wild West, 1938.

Cole & Rogers Combined Shows, 1905-1906, 1911, 1928-

1921, 1934.

Cole All-Star Circus, no date.

Cole and Walters Circus, 1950-1953.

Cole and Younger Combined Circus, no date.

Cole Bros. - Clyde Beatty Circus, 1937.

Cole Bros. Circus, 1940.

Cole Bros. Circus America's Favorite Circus, 1947.

Cole Bros. Circus America's Favorite Railroad Show, 1949.

Cole Bros. Circus America's Favorite Show, 1941.

Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars World's Largest Circus

Under the Big Top, 1906-1909, 1912-1913, 1916-1924,

1929-1930, 1935-1952.

Cole Bros. Circus Wild West and Congress of Rough

Riders, 1937-1940.

Cole Bros. Circus with Clyde Beatty, 1935.

Cole Bros. Circus with Clyde Beatty and Ken Maynard,

1937.

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Cole Bros. World Toured Shows, 1906-1909, 1912-1913,

1916-1924, 1929-1930, 1935-1952.

Cole Bros. World's Greatest Circus, 1906-1909, 1912-

1913, 1916-1924, 1929-1930, 1935-1952.

Cole Bros. World's Greatest Shows, 1939.

Cole Brothers Circus, 1906-1909, 1912-1913, 1916-1924,

1929-1930, 1935-1952.

Cole Brothers Circus with Clyde Beatty, 1937.

Cole Brothers Circus with Clyde Beatty and Ken Maynard,

1937.

Cole's Circus-Land, no date.

Community Fair, Inc., 1945.

Conejo Valley Optimist Club Circus Produced by Big John

Strong Circus, no date.

Conklin Shows for Terrell Jacobs, 1940s.

Conklin Shows The World's Finest, 1942.

Continental Circus, 1974, 1982, 1993.

Cook Brothers World's Greatest Shows, Inc., 1911.

Cooper Bros. Circus, 1909, 1916-1917, 1920-1927, 1930,

1936-1937, 1943-1949.

Cooper Bros. Shows, 1909, 1916-1917, 1920-1927, 1930,

1936-1937, 1943-1949.

Cooper, Bailey and Co International Allied Shows, 1876-

1880.

Cooper, Bailey, and Co's Great Combination Shows, 1876-

1880.

Cooper, Bailey, and Co's Great International 10 Allied

Shows in Onee, 1876-1880.

Cooper, Bailey, and Co's Great International Allied Shows

in Onee, 1876-1880.

Couchman Bros. Shows, no date.

Cow Palace, 1950s.

Cremorne Gardens Balloon Ascent "Le Geant", 1845-1877.

Cristiani Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1956-1960.

Cristiani Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1956.

Cristiani Bros. Circus, 1956-1960.

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Cristiani Bros. Circus Rain or Shine Under the Big Top,

1960.

Cristiani Bros. Gigantic 3 Ring Circus, 1957.

Cristiani-Wallace Bros. Circus, 1956-1960.

Cristiani-Wallace Bros. Combined Circus, 1962.

Cronin Bros. Circus, 1948.

Crystal Palace, 1857.

Crystal Palace Aquarium, 1874-1875.

Culpepper and Merriweather Circus, 1985-.

Culpepper and Merriweather Great Combined Circus,

1985-.

Curtis-Gregg Fashion Plate Circus, 1934.

Curtis-Gregg Fashion Plate Circus Big 3 Ring, 1934.

D. B. Wharton's Great All-Star, 1968-1971.

Dailey Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1940-1950, 1963-1964, 1974-

1975.

Dailey Bros. 5 Ring Circus, 1940-1950, 1963-1964, 1974-

1975.

Dailey Bros. 5 Ring Railroad Circus, 1948.

Dailey Bros. Big Railroad Circus, 1940-1950, 1963-1964,

1974-1975.

Dailey Bros. Circus, 1945.

Dailey Bros. Circus 5 Ring Railroad Circus, 1940-1950,

1963-1964, 1974-1975.

Dailey Bros. Tented Circus, 1940-1950, 1963-1964, 1974-

1975.

Dales Bros. Circus, 1948-1950.

Dales Circus, 1948-1950.

Daley Bros. Circus, 1940s.

Dan Rice Circus and Buck Sells Wild West, 1848-1879,

1917, 1936-1937, 1945.

Davidson Bros. Circus, 1929.

D'esta Fun Makers, no date.

DeWayne Bros. Circus, 1947-1972.

Dexter W. Fellows presents Josephine Lucchese and Robert

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Ringling, 1923.

Diamond S Rodeo and Wild West Show, no date.

Diamond S Rodeo Wild West Show, 1976.

Diano Bros. Circus, 1953.

Dix Bros. Circus, 1945.

Dixie Ok Shows, no date.

Dode Fisk Shows, 1906-1910.

Dodson's World Fair Shows, Inc., 1915, 1923-1945.

Don Robinson Ameri-Congo Animal Circus Combined, no

date.

Downie and Wheelers World's Best Shows Combined,

1912.

Downie Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1926-1939, 1983-1989,

1994.

Downie Bros. Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1930s.

Downie Bros. Big 3 Ring Wilid Animal Circus, Museum,

Menagerie The Largest Motor Circus in the World,

1926-1939, 1983-1989, 1994.

Downie Bros. Circus, 1932.

Downie's World's Best Dog and Pony Shows, 1905, 1909-

1911, 1924.

Drake Bros. Circus and Trained Wild Animal Shows, 1929.

Drew's World Fair Shows, 1960.

Ducrow's Benefit, 1842.

Dunn Bros. Miniature Circus, no date.

Dunn Brothers Circus, 1953.

Dunn's Circus Movie, 1986.

Dykes and Wharton Combined Vaudeville Circus, 1967.

Eastern Circus, 1872-1874, 1875, 1881, 1883, 1886-1889,

1895-1897, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1910-1914.

Eastern Menagerie, Museum, Aviary, Circus, Roman

Hippodrome and Egyptian Caravan, no date.

Eddie Kuhn's 3 Ring Circus, 1936-1937.

Eddy Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1937.

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Edward's Wonderland Shows, 1913.

Endy Bros. Shows, 1923 - 1934, 1940.

Eric B. Hyde Shows World's Largest Midway Circus,

1940s.

Extra Help, 1897, 1905.

F. C. Fisher and Son Circus, 1939-1945, 1947-1949.

F. C. Fisher and Son Trained Animal Shows, 1939-1945,

1947-1949.

Fabulous Hanneford Circus, 1969.

Fairyland Circus, 1962-1965.

Famous Circus Bartok, 1967-1972.

Famous Cole Circus, 1954-1965, 1988-.

Famous Cole Circus and Incomparable Display of Wild

Beasts, 1964.

Famous Cole Circus Combined Menagerie and 101 Wild

West, 1959.

Famous Cole Wild Animal Circus, 1954-1965, 1988-.

Famous Hunt's Circus, 1977.

Famous Robbins Wild Animal Circus, 1934-1938.

Famous Welsh Bros. Shows Newest Great Railroad, 1907.

Famous World's Progressive Sun Brothers Shows, 1892-

1918.

Famouso Circo Union, 1960.

Fargo Bros. Circus, 1962.

Festival International Cirque Spectacular Monte Carlo,

1979.

Firefighter's Circus - Cuyahoga Co., no date.

Firefighter's Circus - Dekalb County, 1976.

Firefighter's Circus - West Long Branch Dept, 1954.

Firemen's Wild West Rodeo and Thrill Show, no date.

Fisher Bros. Circus, 1923, 1934-1935, 1971-1974, 1978,

1989.

Fisher Bros. Shows, 1943.

Fisher's Dog and Pony Show and Colorado Mel's Wild

West, no date.

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Florida State Fair, 1951.

Ford Bros. 5 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1965, 1980-1989,

1993.

Ford Bros. Circus, 1965, 1980-1989, 1993.

Forepaugh Menagerie, Museum & Circus, 1878.

Forepaugh's Aggregation, 1880.

Franco-British Exhibition, 1908.

Frank A. Robbins All Feature Shows, 1881-1891, 1898,

1905-1915.

Frank A. Robbins All Feature Shows 30th annual tour,

1910.

Frank A. Robbins All Feature Shows 32nd annual tour,

1912.

Frank A. Robbins Circus, Museum, and Menagerie, 1914.

Frank C. Bostock Pan-American Exposition, 1901.

Frank P. Spellman's New York Hippodrome Winter Circus

Success, 1916.

Frank P. Spellman's Winter Circus, 1914.

Frank Wirth Hunt Bros. Royal International Circus, 1914.

Franzen Bros. Circus, 1974- 1998.

Freckles Gang Comedy Circus, no date.

Fred J. Mack Circus, 1955.

Gainesville Community Circus, 1945.

Garden Bros. 3 Ring Circus, no date.

Garden Bros. Circus, 1938-.

Garden International Circus, 1969-1971.

Gem City Shows, 1951.

General H. Bonney, no date.

Gentry Bros. - Jas. Patterson's Circus, 1923-1925.

Gentry Bros. Circus, 1887-1922, 1926-1934, 1941.

Gentry Bros. Famous Shows, 1934.

Gentry Bros. Famous Shows United, 1902.

Gentry Bros. Trained Wild Animal Shows, 1941.

Geo. F. Bailey and Co's Circus and Menagerie, 1856-1857.

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George L. Dobyns Shows, 1925.

George Matthew's Great London Circus, 1972-1977.

Gibb's and McGregor's 25¢ Railroad Show, no date.

Gil Gray International Circus, 2000.

Gilbert Bros. Combined Circus, 1943.

Globe Bros. Circus, 1944.

Gold Medal Shows, 1920-1969.

Golden Bros. Shows, 1923-1924, 1938.

Goldmar Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1935.

Gollmar Bros Circus and Trained Wild Animals, 1891-

1916, 1922, 1923-1925.

Gollmar Bros. Greatest of American Shows, 1910.

Gorman Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1935.

Graham Bros., 1964.

Great European Circus, 1865-1871, 1880, 1886.

Greatest Show on Earth, 1961.

Grotto Circus, 1952.

Guthrie Bros. Circus, 1990.

H. A. Bruce Shows, 1918-1919.

H.B. Webb Shows, no date.

Haag Bros. Circus, 1937-1940.

Haag Shows, 1937.

Hagan-Wallace 3 Ring Circus, 1952.

Hagan-Wallace Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Menagerie, 1951-

1961, 1966.

Hagan-Wallace Free Circus, 1961.

Hagan-Wallace Sells & Gray Circus, no date.

Hagan-Wallace Sells & Gray Combined Circus, no date.

Hagen Bros. Circus, 1949-1961.

Hagen Bros. Circus Kid's Inc. Circus, 1949-1961.

Hagenbeck-Wallace 4 Paw Sells Bros. Combined Circus,

1935.

Hagenbeck-Wallace 4 Paw Sells Combined Circus, 1935.

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Hagenbeck-Wallace 4-Paw Sells, 1935.

Hagenbeck-Wallace 4Paw Sells Bros. Combined Circus, ca

1930.

Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, 1907-1935, 1937-1938.

Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus Winter Quarters, 1907-1935,

1937-1938.

Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows Company, 1920.

Hall of Fame Circus, 1992.

Hall, Long and Ringling's, 1889.

Ham & Egg Circus, 1939.

Hamid-Morton 3 Ring Circus, 1942.

Hamid-Morton 3 Ring World's Largest Indoor Circus Lulu

Temple, 1944.

Hamid-Morton All Star Edition Crescent Shrine Circus,

1965.

Hamid-Morton Big 3 Ring Circus Crescent Shrine, no date.

Hamid-Morton Big 3 Ring Circus- Crescent Shrine, no

date.

Hamid-Morton Circus, 1942-.

Hamid-Morton Police Circus, 1968.

Hamid's Oriental Circus Wild West and Far East Shows

Combined, 1917.

Hammerstein's Victoria Theater of Varieties, 1908.

Hanneford Circus, 1970-1985.

Hanneford Circus, 1982.

Hanneford Circus Jamil Shrine, no date.

Hanneford Family Circus, 1978-.

Harley Sadler-Bailey Bros. Circus Combined, 1935-1936.

Harmount's Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1895.

Harold Bros. Circus, 1980.

Harrington's Nickle Plate Show 3 Ring Circus Beautiful,

1930.

Harris Bros. Shows, 1924-1938.

Harry Bowman's Big Vaudeville Circus, 1901.

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Harry Bowman's Big Vaudeville Show, 1901.

Harry Haag's Big 3 Ring Circus, 1936.

Hemmings and Cooper's Great Consolidated Menagerie

and Circus, 1871-1872.

Henry's Tent Show, no date.

Heritage Bros. Big 3 Ring Trained Wild Animal Circus,

1926.

Heywood Bros. Combination The Great Double

Entertainment, 1862-1876.

Holiday Big Top Revue, 1962.

Holiday Hippodrome, 1987.

Holiday Hippodrome Original Stage Circus, no date.

Honest Bill Circus, 1903-1918, 1921, 1923-1929, 1935,

1939.

Honest Bill Shows Featuring Trained Wild and Domestic

Animals, 1903-1918, 1921, 1923-1929, 1935, 1939.

Honest Bill's America's Best Show, 1903-1918, 1921,

1923-1924, 1927, 1929, 1933, 1939.

Howe Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1937.

Howe's and Cushing's United States Circus and Trained

Lions, 1894-1895, 1899.

Howe's Great London Circus, 1872.

Howe's Great London Circus and Van Amburg's Trained

Wild Animals, 1921.

Howe's Great London Shows, 1902-1903, 1908-1916,

1920.

Hoxie, no date.

Hoxie & Bardex Bros. Combined Circus, 1962.

Hoxie and Bardex Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1962.

Hoxie and Bardex Bros. Circus, 1962.

Hoxie Bros., 1976.

Hoxie Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Bros. America's Greatest Trained Animal 3 Ring

Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Bros. and Great American Circus, 1976-1984.

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Hoxie Bros. and Great American Circus Combined, 1976-

1984.

Hoxie Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1976.

Hoxie Bros. Big Top Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Bros. Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Bros. Circus Fun for the Whole Family, 1943, 1947-

1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Bros. Old Tyme Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-

1984.

Hoxie Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1971.

Hoxie Circus, 1943, 1947-1949, 1961-1984.

Hoxie Great American Circus, 1976-1984.

Hoxie's Great American, 1976.

Hoxie's Great American Circus, 1976-1984.

Hub Bros. Mammoth 5 Ring Circus, no date.

Hugo Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1915, 1917-1918, 1944-1946.

Hugo Bros. Circus, 1945.

Hunt Bros. Circus, 1863-1969, 1975-1977.

Hunt Bros. Circus and Animal Farm, 1969.

Hunt Bros. Circus Farm, no date.

Hunt Bros. European Style Royal International Television

Circus, 1863-1969, 1975-1977.

Hunt Bros. Present the Royal International Circus, 1961-

1962.

Hunt Bros. Royal International Television Circus, 1863-

1969, 1975-1977.

Hunt Brothers Circus Farm, 1863-1969, 1975-1977.

Hunter Bros. Shows, no date.

Hunt's 3 Ring Circus, 1927.

Hunt's Circus The Brightest New Stars of the Circus

World, 1977.

Hunt's New Modern Show, 1916.

Hunt's Spirit of the Circus, 1976.

Imperial-Royal Austrian Exhibition, 1906.

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International All-Star Circus, 1976.

International Cavalcade of Stars, no date.

International Hippodrome Circus, 1964.

Irwin Bros. Cheyenne Frontier Days Wild West Show,

1887-1889, 1893, 1913-1915, 1919.

Island Garden Circus, 1967.

Italian Exhibition, 1904.

J. B. Doris' Great Inter Ocean Show, Menagerie, Museum,

and Circus, 1883-1887.

J. H. Eschman World United Shows, 1910-1917.

J. W. Norman Circus, 1925.

James Bros. Circus World's Largest Big Top, 1965-1970.

James Bros. Circus, 1965-1970.

James H. Drew Exposition, 1970.

James H. Drew The World's Most Beautiful Midway, no

date.

James Hetzer Intercontinental Circus, 1977-1984.

James M. Cole Circus, 1936, 1942-1948, 1956.

James-Christy, 1959-1960.

James-Christy Wild Animal Circus, 1959-1960.

Jan M. Dorfay Combined with Animaland USA Circus, no

date.

Jas. W. Goodrich Wagon Shows and Trained Animal

Exposition, 1895-1903.

Joe B. Webb Circus, 1936.

Joe B. Webb's Wild Animal Circus, 1936.

Joe E. Webb's Wild Animal Circus, no date.

Joe Eddie Show Presents Santa's Magical Workshop,

1970s.

John B. Doris' Great Inter-Ocean Show, 1883-1887.

John H. Murray's Great Railroad Circus, 1872-1881.

John H. Sparks Old Reliable Virginia Shows, 1900.

John H. Sparks World Famous Shows, 1919.

John O'Brien's Six Shows Consolidated Circus, Museum,

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and Menagerie, 1877.

John Pawling Great London 3 Ring Circus, 1949.

John Pawling's Great London 3 Ring Circus and Wild

Animal Thrill Show, 1949.

John Robbins Circus (miniature), 1943.

John Robinson's 10 Big Shows, 1923.

John Robinson's 10 Big Shows Combined, 1856-1858,

1863, 1864, 1866-1911, 1916-1930.

John Robinson's Circus, 1856-1858, 1863, 1864, 1866-

1911, 1916-1930.

John Robinson's Circus and Trained Wild Animals, 1923.

John Robinson's Everlasting Circus Greatest Wild Animal

Circus on Earth, 1924.

John Robinson's Grand Museum, Aquarium, Circus and

Menagerie Combination, 1872.

John Willander's Circus, 1933.

Johnny J. Jones Exposition, 1939.

Jones Bros. and Wilson's Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus,

1914.

Jones Bros. Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus World Toured

Shows, 1900-1904, 1910, 1915, 1935.

Jones Bros. Buffalo Ranch Wild West, 1910.

Jones Bros. Wild West Circus, 1935.

Jones Bros. World Toured Shows, 1915.

Jones Bros. Shows, 1900-1904, 1910-1915, 1935.

Jon's Variety Show, no date.

Joppa Temple Shrine Circus, 1985.

Jumbo and His Pals, 1963.

Jungle Caravan, no date.

Jungle Wonders, no date.

Kay Bros. Circus, 1937.

Kelly & Miller Circus, 1968.

Kelly-Miller, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Kelly-Miller 3 Ring Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

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Kelly-Miller Bros. Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Kelly-Miller Circus, 1937-1968, 1984-1986.

Kelly-Morris Circus, 1949.

Ken Maynard's Diamond Ranch Wild West Circus and

Indian Congress, 1936.

Kid's Day, 1968.

Kid's Inc. Circus, no date.

King and Franklin Circus, no date.

King Bros Circus, no date.

King Bros. - Cole Circus, 1955.

King Bros. - Cole Combined Circus, 1955.

King Bros. & Cristiani Circus, 1951-1953.

King Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1937, 1942, 1946-1956, 1959-

1978, 1980.

King Bros. Circus, 1937, 1942, 1946-1956, 1959-1978,

1980.

King Bros. Circus Big Show, 1937, 1942, 1946-1956,

1959-1978, 1980.

King Bros. Circus Grander Than Ever, 1959.

King Bros. Circus World's Newest Big Show, 1937, 1942,

1946-1956, 1959-1978, 1980.

King Bros. Combined Shows, 1937, 1942, 1946-1956,

1959-1978, 1980.

Kirk Circus, 1973.

Kirkner & Mead's Great Dog and Pony Show, no date.

Kit Carson's Buffalo Ranch Wild West, 1911-1914.

Kiwanis Circus, 1947.

Krause Greater Shows, 1911-1935.

Kreko's Kavalcade Greatest Road Show Season, 1940.

Kristy Bros. Circus, no date.

Kuhn Circus, 1936-1937.

L. B. Lent's New York Circus Combined with J. M.

French's Menagerie Trained Lions, Tigers, Hyenas,

Elephants and Zoological Gardens, 1876.

L. E. Barnes Wild Animal Circus, 2001.

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La Tena's Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1914-1917.

Lake's Hippo-Olympiad, 1863-1871.

Lee Bros., 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-1926, 1933-1934, 1942-

1949, 1951, 1957.

Lee Bros. All American Circus, 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-

1926, 1933-1934, 1942-1949, 1951, 1957.

Lee Bros. Big 4 Ring Trained Wild Animal Shows, 1925.

Lee Bros. Circus, 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-1926, 1933-1934,

1942-1949, 1951, 1957.

Lee Bros. Main Show, 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-1926, 1933-

1934, 1942-1949, 1951, 1957.

Lee Bros. Shows, 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-1926, 1933-

1934, 1942-1949, 1951, 1957.

Lee Bros. Wild Animal Shows, 1899, 1901-1902, 1925-

1926, 1933-1934, 1942-1949, 1951, 1957.

Leon W. Washburn's All-American One Big Ring Circus

Museum, Menagerie, Hippodrome, and Wild West,

1881-1883, 1892-1904, 1907-1908.

Leon W. Washburn's Mighty Midway Shows, 1914-1917.

Leonard Bros. Circus, 1956.

Lewis Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1973.

Lewis Bros. Big Top Circus, 1970.

Lewis Bros. Circus, 1931-1942, 1945, 1973-1976.

Lewis Bros. Combined with Whitey Ford All Star Radio

Show and Circus, 1942.

Lewis Bros. Old Fashioned Big Top Circus, 1974.

Lewis Bros. Old Tyme Circus, 1931-1942, 1945, 1973-

1976.

Liebel Family Circus, 1983 -.

Lions of Longleat, no date.

Logan County Fair, no date.

Lowery Bros. New Olympia Shows, 1899-1931.

Lu Lu Shrine Temple, 1948.

M. L. Clark and Lee Bros. Circus Combined, no date.

M. L. Clark and Son's Circus, 1883-1930, 1943, 1945-

1946.

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M. L. Clark and Son's Combined Shows, 1883-1930, 1943,

1945-1946.

M. L. Clark and Son's Shows, 1905.

Mam Canestrelli Spaghetti Dinner Showfolks of Sarasota,

1965.

Mammoth Marine Hippodrome, 1938.

Marks Shows, 1947.

Martin Bros. Circus, 1936.

Martin Bros. Trained Animal Circus, 1936.

Martin's Original Uncle Tom's Cabin Co., 1914.

Masten-Zirkus Max Holzmüller, 1952.

Max Gruberg's Famous Shows, 1928-1933.

McDowell County Fair, 1937.

McDowell County Fair and Expo, 1933.

Merry Christmas Land, 1947.

Michael Brother's Exposition Shows, no date.

Mid America Circus, 1976.

Mighty Haag Railroad Shows, 1906.

Mighty Haag Shows, 1891-1938.

Military Exhibition, 1901.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch, 1928.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West, 1907-1916, 1925-

1931, 1933-1934, 1945-1946.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Circus, 1929.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far

East, 1923.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West and Great Far East

Shows, 1923-1929.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show, 1907-1916,

1925-1931, 1933-1934, 1945-1946.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West and International

Congress of Circus Stars, 1946.

Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show, 1907-1916,

1925-1931, 1933-1934, 1945-1946.

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Miller Bros. Combined Circus and Vaudeville Shows,

1936.

Milliken Bros. Circus and Ken's Wild West Combined

Shows, 1934-1936.

Mills Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1940-1967.

Mills Bros. 3 Ring Circus and Horse Show Combined,

1940-1967.

Mills Bros. Incorporated, 1963.

Mills Bros. World Toured Circus, 1944.

Milt B. Buckley's Big Shows, 1902.

Milt Tolbert's Big Tent Theatre, 1920.

Miracle Midway Circus, 1933.

Model Shows of America, no date.

Monroe Bros. Circus, 1915, 1923, 1925, 1944-1948.

Moose Bros. Miniature Circus, no date.

Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad and Steamship Co.

Louisiana Western Railroad Company, 1902.

Mount Hope Bridge Authority, no date.

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1863.

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle au Jardin du Roi, no date.

Museum of the American Circus, no date.

Nashville TN State Fair, 1938.

National Circus Museum, no date.

Naval Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition, 1905.

New Jersey State Fair, 1947.

New Jersey Transit's Mini Circus Express, 1984.

New Year’s Eve Ball Showfolks of Sarasota, 1965.

New York Central Railroad, no date.

New York Circus and Menagerie of Trained Wild Animals,

1876.

Nouveau Cirque Fauteuil, 1909.

Nur Temple 10th Annual Shrine Circus, 1971.

O.C. Buck Exposition Inc., 1933-1969.

O'Brien's 6 Shows, 1877.

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Old Dan Rice Circus, 1917.

Old Fashioned Big Top Great American Circus, 1875,

1886-1889, 1896, 1929, 1939, 1978-1981, 1985-1994.

Old Reliable John Robinson Circus, 1927.

Old Reliable Robbins Circus, 1922, 1931, 1937.

Ollie Hamilton presents Bill Leicht's Streets of Paris

Revue, 1920s.

Olympic Circus, no date.

Original Gentry Bros. Famous Shows, 1904-1906, 1909,

1912-1918.

Pain's Last Day of Pompeii, no date.

Pain's Last Day of Pompeii performance, 1883.

Paker & Watts Circus, 1938-1939.

Palmer Bros. Big 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1921.

Pan-American Children's Magic Show, no date.

Pan-American Exposition, 1901.

Paramount American Circus, no date.

Paris in London, 1902.

Park Theatre, 1934.

Parker and Watts Circus, 1936.

Parks & Banks, 1915-1916.

Parks & Banks Greater Railroad Shows, 1915-1916.

Parsloe and Vincent's A Grass Widow Co, 1887.

Pawnee Bill's Wild West, 1906.

Pawnee Bros. Circus, 1951.

Pennsylvania Railroad, 1890.

Peru's 2nd Annual Festival Circus, 1961.

Peru's 3rd Annual Festival Circus, 1962.

Peru's 4th Annual Festival Circus, 1963.

Piccadilly Circus, no date.

Polack Bros. Boumi Temple Circus, 1949.

Polack Bros. Circus, 1932-1976.

Polack Bros. Circus Ben Hur Shrine, 1932-1976.

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Polack Bros. Shrine Circus, 1957.

Polack Bros. Shrine Circus and Wild Animal Show Boumi

Temple, 1959.

Polack Bros. Shrine Circus Kosair Shrine, 1942.

Polack Bros. Shrine Circus Rajah Temple, no date.

Pollie Shows, 1918.

Prairie Lillie and Nebraska Bill's Real Wild West Shows,

1912.

Pullman and Mack Combined Shows, 1884-1885.

Pullman and Mack Shows, 1884-1885.

R. Sands American Circus, 1840, 1844-1845, 1850-1852,

1860-1862.

R.G. Wandrey's Old Fashioned Country Circus, no date.

Ray Bros. Circus, 1944.

Ray Bros. World's Greatest Indoor Circus and Trained

Wild Animal Exposition, 1945.

Reid Bros. Circus, 1990.

Renfro Valley Radio Show, no date.

Rentz Bros. R. R. Shows, 1910-1914.

Rentz Bros. Shows, 1910-1914.

Reo Bros. Circus, 1986.

Rex Bros. Circus, no date.

Rhoda Royal Shows, 1900-1901, 1907-1910, 1919-1922.

Rhoda Royal Trained Wild Animal and Old Buffalo Wild

West, 1920.

Rhoda Royal World Toured Shows, 1921.

Rice Bros. Buck Sells Wild West, 1906-1907, 1909-1916,

1920-1924, 1934-1936.

Rice Bros. Shows, 1922.

Richard Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1938-1939.

Richard Bros. Circus, 1938-1939.

Rineharts Wild Animal Circus, 1931.

Ring Bros. Circus, 1954.

Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey, 1984 -.

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Ringling Bros., 1884-1918.

Ringling Bros. - Spangles, 1943.

Ringling Bros. 14th Year of America's Greatest Show,

1897.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, 1919.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Combined

Greatest Show on Earth, 1930.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Hollywood

Bowl, 1958.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Home of the

Circus, 1957.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus The Greatest

Show On Earth, 1980.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Winter

Quarters, 1942-1943.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus World, 1980.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus,

1942.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Greatest

Show on Earth, 1926.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows,

1923.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows

The Greatest Show on Earth, 1937.


Inc., 1955.


Inc. Greatest Show on Earth, 1968.


Inc. The Greatest Show on Earth, 1956.




Inc., 1919-.


Inc. Greatest Show on Earth, 1965.


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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on

Earth, 1977.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Winter Quarters,

1927-1950s.


Inc., 1919-.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Elephant Ride, no

date.

Ringling Bros. Circus, 1900.

Ringling Bros. Shows, 1884-1918.

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows, 1884-1918.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, 1984 -.

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey, 1991.

Robbins Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1949.

Robbins Bros. Big 4 Ring Circus, 1927.

Robbins Bros. Circus, 1924-1931, 1938, 1940, 1949, 1965.

Robbins Bros. Great American Circus, 1938.

Robbins Circus, 1922, 1931, 1937.

Robert G. Earl Circus, 1964.

Roberts Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1974-.

Roberts Bros. Circus, 1974-.

Robinson Circus, 1866-1877.

Robinson's Famous Shows, 1911.

Rogers Bros. Circus, 1947-1953.

Rogers Greater Shows, 1940.

Roller Bros. Circus, 1983.

Ron Morris Circus, 1978.

Roncalli, no date.

Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blij-dorp), no date.

Royal American Shows Present Terrell Jacobs Wild

Animal Circus, 1949.

Royal American Shows, Inc., no date.

Royal Aquarium, 1877.

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Royal Aquarium Theatre, 1877.

Royal Bros., 1956, 1973-1976.

Royal Bros. Circus, 1956, 1973-1976.

Royal Coburg Theatre, 1832.

Royal Hanneford Circus, 1970-1985.

Royal Lyceum Theatre, 1873.

Royal National Menagerie, 1826.

Royal Palace Circus, 1987-.

Royal Palm Shows, no date.

Royal Ranch Wild West Circus, 1970-1976.

Royal Ranch Wild West Shows, 1970.

Royal Surrey Gardens, 1873.

Royal Wild West Circus, 1976.

Royal Wild West Circus, no date.

Royale Bros. Trained Animal Circus, 1952.

Royer Bros. and Bailey Combined Shows, 1906-1924.

Rudy Bros. Circus, 1950-1976, 1988-1993.

Rudy Bros. Circus New England's Favorite Show, 1950-

1976, 1988-1993.

Russell Bros. Circus, 1912, 1919, 1924, 1928-1943, 1945.

Russell Bros. Great Pan-Pacific Circus, 1945.

Russell Bros. Greater American Circus, 1941.

Russell Bros. Pan-Pacific Circus, 1945.

S.F. Cody, no date.

Sahib Shrine Circus, 1992.

Sailor Circus, 1984.

Sailor Circus and Windjammers presents Merle Evans 91st

Birthday Celebration, 1984.

Sailor Circus and Windjammers Unlimited, 1999.

Saladin Temple Shrine Circus, 1934.

Sam B. Dill's Big 3 Ring Circus, 1932-1934.

Sam B. Dill's Circus, 1932-1934.

Sam B. Dill's Circus Tom Mix and Tony, 1934.

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Sanger's Grand National Amphitheatre, no date.

Santa's Circus Gran Cirque de Noel, no date.

Sarasota High School presents Sailor Circus, 1958.

Sarrasani, no date.

Schell Bros. Shows, 1952.

Schell Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1929-1936.

Schell Bros. Wild Animal Shows, 1929-1936.

Scott Bros. Indoor Circus, no date.

Scribner & Smith's Circus, Musuem, and Menagerie, 1892-

1896.

Seal Bros. Circus, 1932-1937, 1948-1950.

Seal Bros. Three Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1932-1937,

1948-1950.

Seils-Sterling Big Four Ring Circus, 1967.

Seils-Sterling Four Ring Circus, 1932-1938, 1944, 1947,

1975.

Sello Bros. Circus, 1943-1947.

Sells and Gray 3 Ring Circus, 1900-1901, 1960-1978.

Sells and Gray 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1966.

Sells and Gray Circus, 1900-1901, 1960-1978.

Sells and Gray Combined Circus, 1900-1901, 1960-1978.

Sells Bros., 1878.

Sells Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1871-1895, 1962-1963.

Sells Bros. Circus, 1871-1895, 1962-1963.

Sells Bros. Circus and Thrill Show, 1945.

Sells Bros. Enormous Railroad Shows, 1893.

Sells Bros. Wild Animal Show and Gentry Bros. 3 Ring

Circus, 1964.

Sells Brothers Millionaire Confederation of Stupendous

Railroad Shows, 1881.

Sells-Floto Circus, 1906-1932.

Sells-Floto Circus, 1928.

Sells-Floto Circus and Buffalo Bill's Wild West, 1914-

1916, 1926.

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Sells-Floto Circus Buffalo Bill, 1914-1916, 1926.

Sells-Floto Circus-Menagerie-Hippodrome-Wild West,

1908.

Sells-Floto Shows, 1906.

Sells-Floto Super Circus, 1921.

Shell Bros. Combined Indian Congress and Vaudeville

Shows, 1935.

Shipp & Feltus Circus, 1916-1923.

Showfolks of Sarasota Circus, 1979.

Showmen's Circus, 1992.

Showtime Follies, 1977 or 1988.

Shrine Circus, 1986.

Shrine Circus at the State Fair Coliseum, 1952.

Siebrand Bros. 3 Ring Circus, no date.

Siebrand Bros. Circus and Carnival, no date.

Sig. Sautelle Shows, Circus, Museum and Menagerie,

1882-1886, 1889-1904, 1911-1914, 1919, 1926.

Sig. Sautelle's Nine Big Railroad Shows, 1914.

Silas Green From New Orleans, 1951.

Silvan-Drew Circus, 1926-1929.

Silvan-Drew Motorized Circus, 1926-1929.

Society Circus, no date.

South Texas State Fair, 1928.

Spar Bros. Circus, 1939.

Sparks Circus, 1929.

Sparks Railroad Circus, 1946-1947.

Sparks World Famous Shows, 1917.

St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, Oklahoma New Mexico &

Pacific Railway, Dayton, Toledo & Chicago Railway,

Ringling Easland & Gulg Railway, White Sulphur

Springs & Yellowstone Park Railway, 1920.

St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, Oklahoma New Mexico &

Pacific Railway, White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone

Park Railway, 1925.

St. Louis & Hannibal Railroad, White Sulphur Springs &

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Yellowstone Park Railway, 1932.

Stanley Graham's Midgets Circus, no date.

Stebbing Royal European Circus, 1976.

Sterling and Wallace Circus, 1959-1964.

Stevens Bros. 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1932-1933,

1946-1952.

Stevens Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1932-1933, 1946-1952.

Stevens Bros. Circus, 1932-1933, 1946-1952.

Stevens Bros. Combined Shows, 1932-1933, 1946-1952.

Stone, Den The Clown's Farewell Benefit, 1854.

Strates Shows, 1958-1959.

Sun Bros. World's Progressive Shows, 1914.

Super Circus, 1992-1997, 2000.

Swallow's Great Hippodrome Circus, no date.

Terrell Jacobs Circus, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1952-1955.

Terrell Jacobs Wild Animal Circus and Art Mix's Wild

West, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1952, 1955.

Terrell M. Jacobs Big Wild Animal Circus, 1942, 1944,

1949, 1952, 1955.

Tex Maynard Jr. Wild West Show, 1976.

Theatre Royal Covent Garden, no date.

Tiger Bill Real Wild West, 1909-1936, 1941-1952.

Tiger Bill's Combined Shows, 1909-1936, 1941-1952.

Tim McCoy's Real Wild West and Rough Riders of the

World, 1938.

Tim McCoy's Wild West, 1938.

Timex All Star Circus starring Tony Curtis, 1970.

Tivoli Exposition Shows, no date.

Toby Tyler Circus Under the Gigantic Big Top, 1986.

Tom Mix - Sam B. Dill Combined Wild West and Circus,

1934.

Tom Mix & Tony Heading Sam B. Dill's Big 3 Ring

Circus, 1934.

Tom Mix and Sam B. Dill Combined Wild West and

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Circus, 1934.

Tom Mix Circus, 1936.

Tom Mix Circus and Wild West, 1935.

Tom Mix's Circus, 1935-1938.

Tommy Scott's Country Caravan Stage Show Wild West,

1938.

Tompkin's Real Wild West, 1917.

Tompkin’s Real Wild West Combined with Cooper and

Whitby's Circus, 1916.

Totman's Tent Show, 1929.

Tower Circus, 1957.

Tranvias Electricos de Mexico, 1906.

Turner Bros. Dog and Pony Show, 1958-1959.

U. S. Government War Tax, 1940s.

Union Pacific Railroad Company, 1900.

United Nations 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1963.

United Nations Circus, 1963.

Unknown (Russian), no date.

Utah Continental Exposition, 1947.

Van Amburg & Co's Golden Menagerie, Roman Circus,

Colosseum, 1878.

Van Anburgh's Museum, no date.

Van Anburgh's Palace of Wonders, no date.

Van Amburgh, Chas. Reiche & Bro's New Railroad Shows,

1885.

Van Tilburg and McReavy Combined Circus America's

Greatest Streamlined Indoor Circus, 1942-1943.

Victorian Era Exhibition, 1897.

Vidbel's Olde Tyme Circus Under the Big Top, 1987-.

Viohl Bros. Circus, 1947.

Visit to the Chinese Lady, no date.

Von Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1954-1967.

Von Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1954-1967.

Von Bros. Circus, 1954-1967.

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W. B. Patton, 1917.

W. C. Kaus Shows, 1948-1949.

W. H. Curtis World's Superior Shows, no date.

W. H. Harris' New Nickel Plate Shows, 1895.

Wallace and Clark Circus, 1951-1953, 1960-1963.

Wallace and Clark Wild Animal Circus Extraordinary,

1951-1953, 1960-1963.

Wallace and Rogers Circus, 1973.

Wallace Bros Circus, 1909, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1953,

1961, 1962.

Wallace Bros. 3 Ring Circus, 1909, 1937, 1940, 1944,

1952, 1953, 1961, 1962.

Wallace Bros. 3 Ring Trained Wild Animal Circus, 1909,

1937, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1953, 1961, 1962.

Wallace Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus, 1909, 1937, 1940, 1944,

1952, 1953, 1961, 1962.

Wallace Bros. Circus, 1909, 1937, 1940, 1944, 1952, 1953,

1961, 1962.

Wallace Bros. Shows, 1909, 1937, 1940-1944, 1952-1953,

1961-1962.

Wallace Shows, 1895-1906.

Wallenda Circus, 1993.

Wallenda Circus, 1947.

Wallis and Harney Trained Animal Circus, 1970.

Walter L. Main 3 Ring Circus Museum Menagerie and

Roman Hippodrome and Andrew Downie's Trained

Wild Animal Shows Combined, 1922.

Walter L. Main Big 3 Ring Circus Museum Menagerie and

Roman Hippodrome, 1948.

Walter L. Main Big Fashion Plate Railroad Shows, 1902

and 1914.

Walter L. Main Circus, 1920-1922.

Walter L. Main Circus and Buffalo Ranch Wild West,

1910.

Walter L. Main Circus and Trained Wild Animals, 1920.

Walter L. Main Circus Combined with Bill Cody's Ranch

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Wild West, 1886-1899, 1901-1904, 1918-1928, 1930-

1933, 1935-1937, 1939, 1944-1948.

Walter L. Main Shows, 1918 and 1920.

Walter L. Main World's Exposition 3 Ring Circus, 1931.

Walter L. Main's, 1886-1889.

Walter L. Main's All New Monster Railroad Shows, 1893.

Walter L. Main's Monster Railroad Shows, 1898.

Walter L. Main's Shows America's Best, 1886-1899, 1901-

1904, 1918-1928, 1930-1933, 1935-1937, 1939, 1944-

1948.

Walter W. Gentry Circus, 1938-1939.

Ward Bros. Shrine Circus, 1948-1950.

Ward-Bell Circus Extraordinary, 1955.

Warren County Fair and Horse Show, 1940.

Welsh Bros. Newest Great Railroad Shows, 1903.

Welsh Bros. Newest Great Shows, 1898.

Welsh Bros. Shows, no date.

Wentworth Bros. 3 Ring Trained Wild Animal Circus, no

date.

Wheeler and Almond Circus, 1933.

Wheeler and Sautelle's Circus, 1931-1932.

Wheeler Bros. Enormous Shows, 1916.

Wheeler Bros. Greater Shows, 1912-1914.

Wheeler Bros. Shows, 1914, 1916-1923.

White Sulphur Springs & Yellowstone Park Railway, 1914.

William P. Hall Shows, 1905.

Wilson County Fair, 1931.

Windjammers Unlimited and Sailor Circus, no date.

Windjammers Unlimited and Sailor Circus, 1989.

Wonder Shows, no date.

Wonderful World of Circus, 1978.

World Bros. Circus, 1923, 1930, 1933-1934, 1938.

World Bros. Great Eastern Circus Combined with Buzz

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Barton's Ranch Wild West, 1923, 1930, 1933-1934,

1938.

World Bros. Wild Animal Circus, 1923, 1930, 1933-1934,

1938.

World Wide Indoor Circus, 1930s.

World's Columbian Exposition, 1893.

World's Industrial Exhibition, 1854.

World-Wide Wild Animal Zoo, no date.

Wyoming Bill's Historical Wild West, 1913-1914.

Yankee Robinson 3 Ring Wild Animal Circus, 1916-1917.

Yankee Robinson Shows, 1856, 1860, 1864-1871, 1875,

1906-1907, 1909-1920.

Yankee Robinson's Shows Consolidates, 1867.

Yankee-Patterson Circus, 1930, 1937-1947.

Young Buffalo's Wild West, 1910-1914.

Young Buffalo's Wild West and Texas Rangers, 1910-

1914.

Zallee Bros. Circus, 1946-1949.

Zoological Gardens of London, c. 1833.

Zoological Society Gardens, 1872.

Zoological Society Gardens and Museum, no date.

Zoological Society Museum, no date.

Zoological Society of London, no date.

Zoological Society of London Gardens at Regents Park,

1890.

Zoological Society's Gardens at Regent's Park, 1878.

Zurah Shrine Circus, 1964.

Contents of the Collection

Box no. Box title

1 Circus Tickets Unknown - Cou

2 Circus Tickets Cri-Joe

3 Circus Tickets Joh – Rin

4 Circus Tickets Rin – Zal

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5 Tickets and Coupons, Wild West, Employee Related,

Exchange Tickets, Requisition Tickets, Shrine, Circus

Related, & Non-Circus.

6 Passes

7 Bill Posting & Lithograph Order Tickets

8 Tickets, Al Ringling Theater

9 Oversized Material

10 Fairs, Carnivals, Attractions and Minstrel Tickets

11 Foreign tickets.

Documents

Tibbals Collection of Tickets and Passes