Circus performances often bring to spectators funny and refreshing moments, help them eliminate fatigue, or relax. But sometimes some also make them scared. Take a look...
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Throughout his career, Charles Eisenmann photographed thousands of sideshow performers seeking portraits for their résumés to send to carnival and circus publicists. These pictures oscillate between amusing ("the educated horse!") and bittersweet (there's something terrifically morbid about a man marketing his…
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** I’ve started a new Facebook-based book club! Learn more HERE.** This month’s book is: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern! Summary (by BN.com): The circus arrives without warning. N…
I fell in love with the circus when I was about four. It was Billy Smart’s Big Top, where I sat with my parents and brother on tiered wooden benches, eating candy floss, watching parabolas of delight unfurl on the trapeze, high-wire acts hover magically on tip-toe, acrobats build structure from chaos, and clowns colorfully spill across the sawdust. It is a love that has lasted, and I still feel the cold-water shiver of excitement whenever the circus comes to town. These stunning color photographs from the 1940s and 1950s of circus performers, are taken from Dominque Jando’s superb The Circus Book: 1870-1950. The images are so vibrant, one could almost step into the frame and join in all the fun. Via Retronaut, H/T Tom Ruddock.
Some of the best "old school" circus photos you will ever see.
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These extraordinary classic photos were taken by Herbert Cooper, who arrived in Strabane, County Tyrone in Ireland just before the outbreak of the First World War. He took over the photographic studio in Railway Street which had been run by J. Burroughs from about 1901 until 1913. Anneford’s Canadian Circus, two children called Lola and May, c.1910 Duffy’s Circus, two women and three children, c.1911 Duffy’s Circus, the Wilson and Duffy combined circus. Picture of all the members, c.1911 Buff Bill’s Circus, a group of circus performers, c.1910 Hanneford’s Canadian Circus, four girl circus performers, c.1910 Duffy’s Circus, four girls outside a tent, c.1911 Duffy’s Circus, four male entertainers, c.1911 Duffy’s Circus, three men and two dogs, c.1911 Duffy’s Circus, man standing in front of a wagon labelled ‘Duffy’s Circus’, c.1911 Two circus performers in front of a wagon, c.1910 A crowd of people round a clown and a donkey, c.1910 A circus performer in front of a wagon, c.1910 Duffy’s Circus, a group of circus entertainers, c.1911 Duffy’s Circus, ‘Funny George’, the Clown, c.1911 Buff Bill’s Circus, a child with a baboon on a donkey, c.1910 Lady on a horse, with a clown watching, c.1910 Clown on a horse, with a lady watching, c.1910 Hanneford’s Canadian Circus, circus performers in a horse and cart, c.1911 Buff Bill’s Circus, two children and a man sitting on the steps of a caravan, c.1910 Scott’s Circus – A Clown Hanneford’s Canadian Circus, a clown, c.1910 Buff Bill’s Circus, The Dixie Girls, c.1910 Buff Bill’s Circus, group of circus performers standing on each other’s shoulders, c.1910 (Photos: the Cooper Collection at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, via Flashbak)
A Who's Who of '60s pop culture: Marilyn, Sinatra, Brando, the Beatles, Liz Taylor, Elvis, Brigitte Bardot, Natalie Wood and more.
When I was a little girl, nothing terrified me more than going to the circus, which for some reason, my family loved taking me to. Despite m...
We are all freaks. Some on the inside, some on the outside. Let your freak flag fly on Oct. 8 with the premiere of American Horror Story: Freak Show 10PM on FX.
Sideshow performer and MTV host Heather Holliday blows fire and swallows swords with the circus and burlesque group Pretty Things Peepshow.
I grew up on a circus. My family owned a little circus, "Beers & Barnes" up until 1967. Part of the family stayed on in circus business until the 1990's on Clyde Beatty Cole Brothers. (that's where I met my husband) This photo is of my mom and aunts, taken in 1942. (we're still scanning old family photos) Mom is the second one up, then Aunt Sadie and Aunt Lois on top.
From the collection du MuCEM.
