BUFFALO BILL AND PAWNEE BILL ARCHIVEOF PHOTOS AND EPHE...Cody, Hon. W. F. Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Archive of Photos and Ephemera. 1880s Ð 1900s. Fourteen pieces, including a 3 x 5" photo of a young Buffalo...
[more like this]
TONEY ALLIGATOR SKIN BOY SIDESHOW CABINETCARD.Toney Alligator Skin Boy Sideshow Cabinet Card. New York: Dreamland Circus Sideshow, Coney Island, ca. 1920. Black and white photo card showing Toney the Alligator Skin...
[more like this]
SEILS-STERLING CIRCUS AND SIDESHOW PANORAMICPHOTO.Seils-Sterling Circus and Sideshow Panoramic Photo. Circa 1930. Panoramic photograph of the Seils-Sterling Circus and Sideshow tents and set up, including a concession...
[more like this]
PHOTOGRAPH OF A SIDESHOW DWARF.Photographof a Sideshow Dwarf. Circa 1927. Sepia-toned photograph of an unnamed man severely affected by dwarfism, a member of the Barnum and Bailey Circus Sideshow in the 1927 season....
[more like this]
WIRTH'S FAMILY CIRCUS.Kelty, Edward(American, 1888 Ð 1967). Wirth's Family Circus. New York: Century, 1938. Large-format sepia-toned photograph of the cast of the Wirth Circus sitting in bleachers, including...
[more like this]
RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM & BAILEYCOMBINED CIRCUS.Kelty, Edward (American, 1888 Ð 1967). Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. Madison Square Garden. New York: Century, 1929. Depicting the...
[more like this]
THE DREAMLAND SOCIAL CLUB.Kelty, Edward(American, 1888 Ð 1867). The Dreamland Social Club. New York: Century, 1923. Depicting members of the Coney Island Dreamland Circus Sideshow. Mounted on old linen on board....
[more like this]
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. RINGLINGBROTHERS AND BARNU...Kelty, Edward (American, 1888 Ð 1967). The Greatest Show on Earth. Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. Soldier Field, Chicago, Ill....
[more like this]
CONGRESS OF FREAKS WITH RINGLING BROTHERSAND BARNUM & ...Kelty, Edward (American, 1888 Ð 1967). Congress of Freaks with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus. New York: Century, 1929. Documenting...
[more like this]
GROUP OF FORTY-NINE MISCELLANEOUS SIDESHOWAND CIRCUS P...Group of Forty-Nine Miscellaneous Sideshow and Circus Prints and Postcards. Various dates and printers. Variety of postcards, photographs, and clippings of...
[more like this]
GROUP OF FIFTEEN MISCELLANEOUS SIDESHOWAND CIRCUS PRIN...Group of Fifteen Miscellaneous Sideshow and Circus Prints and Postcards. Various dates and printers, ca. 1940s Ð 1950s. Including a signed 8 x 10" photograph...
[more like this]
GROUP OF SEVEN VINTAGE SIDESHOW PHOTOS.Groupof Seven Vintage Sideshow Photos. Various dates and printers. Seven photos of sideshow or circus acts, most mounted on album pages, and including one cabinet card. Three images...
[more like this]
DREAMLAND CIRCUS SIDESHOW PHOTOGRAPH.DreamlandCircus Sideshow Photograph. Coney Island, New York, ca. 1921. Detailed sepia-toned photograph of the Dreamland Circus Sideshow, shown as having an admission price of ten cents,...
[more like this]
BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS AND SIDESHOW.Barnumand Bailey Circus and Sideshow. Circa 1915. Small sepia-toned panoramic photograph of the Barnum and Bailey Circus and the crowd of people waiting for entrance to the "big...
[more like this]
PORTRAIT OF JOHN SITTING BULL. SIOUXTRIBE.Scheuerle, Joseph (American, 1873 Ð 1948). Portrait of John Sitting Bull. Sioux Tribe. 1936. Gouache on board. Signed by the artist and inscribed to Sam Gumpertz, sideshow...
[more like this]
CONEY ISLAND AFTER THE FIRE OF 1911.ConeyIsland after the Fire of 1911. New York, 1911. Sweeping sepia-toned panoramic photograph, mounted on board, showing the carnage immediately after the fire that ruined the...
[more like this]
LA FEMME ARAIGNéE. CIRQUE DANIELLIS.LaFemme Araignée. Cirque Daniellis. Paris: Aussel, ca. 1937. Color lithograph poster, in French, advertising the circus's "spider woman," also known as the Spider Girl or Spidora...
[more like this]
[STOCK POSTER] FRIEDLäNDER STOCK MAGICPOSTER.Hamburg: Adolph Friedländer, 1907. Striking central design likely cut from a larger stock poster produced by the famous German lithographer who produced countless...
[more like this]
FREAKS.Freaks. MGM, R-1949. Herald (8_ x 11"). Two-sided, unfolded, for Tod Browning's classic horror-thriller that featured actors and actresses from circus sideshows of the era. Minor closed tear at one end,...
[more like this]
EARLY FOLK ART TOY CIRCUS SIDESHOW WAGONTRAINFour wooden wagons, each decorated with 2 oil on board paintings of sideshow attractions, with an additional 8 oil on board sideshow attraction panels. With 3 tickets...
[more like this]
SIDESHOW CIRCUS FREAKS, (6) SIGNED PHOTOSc. 1950s, (4) postcard photos signed by Estelline [Pike] the Sword Swallower, and (2) signed by "Fat Lady" Ella Mills; verso sides blank, smaller: 3.5"h x 5"w, larger: 3.5"h...
[more like this]
CIRCUS SIDESHOW BANNER BY J. SIGLER.Florida, mid 20th century. Canvas with original paint signed "J. Sigler, Tampa". "Sex Wonder, Real, Alive" with hermaphroditic figure. 59"h. 72"w....
[more like this]
19TH C. CABINET CARD OF NATIVE AMERICANFAMILYLate nineteenth century cabinet card depicting an unusual view of what appears to be a Northern Plains Tribe Native American Indian family. Seated man wearing a buffalo...
[more like this]
SIDESHOW CIRCUS BANNER WITCH DOCTORLargepainted canvas sideshow banner featuring Witch Doctor and Torture of India, unsigned, mid to late 20th C. vintage circus advertising, measures approximately 134 x 98 inches....
[more like this]
SIDESHOW CIRCUS BANNER KILLER ANACONDADANCE DEATHLarge painted canvas sideshow banner featuring Killer Anaconda and Dance of Death, unsigned, mid to late 20th C. vintage circus advertising, measures approximately...
[more like this]
SIDESHOW CIRCUS BANNER ZOMA SADIST ALLIGATORBOYLarge painted canvas sideshow banner featuring Zoma the Sadist and Alligator Boy, unsigned, mid to late 20th C. vintage circus advertising , measures approximately 132...
[more like this]
WARDIE-J CIRCUS TRAIN OUTFIT Numerouswood train cars, tent, tent poles, sideshow banners, animals, visitors and performers, and some original boxes....
[more like this]
4PC JACK SIGLER CIRCUS SIDESHOW BANNERSFlorida,20th CenturyIncludes "Children of Forgotten Fathers The World's Strangest Babies" banner, an "Addict Babies" banner depicting a baby and a syringe, a "Two Headed Baby"...
[more like this]
JAY MEAH FISH GIRL SIDESHOW CIRCUS BANNERUnited States,b.1937Titled "Fish Girl Devil's Child" depicting a blonde mermaid to top half and a devil baby to the bottom half. Meah has works in the the Smithsonian, the...
[more like this]
FRED JOHNSON OBBY DOBBY SIDE SHOW CIRCUSBANNER United States,1892-1990Titled "That Strange Creature Obby Dobby Alive" featuring a large painted iguana in a jungle setting. Fred is considered the best sideshow circus...
[more like this]
Antique late Victorian folk art circus/carnival/sideshowclown suit hand constructed of tobacco silks and felts premiums. 57"H x 30 1/2" across. Mild soiling, no staining, minor deterioration to silks around sewn borders, good color....
[more like this]
7 pieces. 19th-Century Photographs- Circus Sideshow Performers: Cabinet Cards: Female giant [Ella Ewing?] and family. St. Louis: Central Photo Co., ca. 1880. * Facially disfigured man in Middle Eastern dress...
[more like this]
CIRCUS SIDESHOW BANNER. Fred JohnsonO. Henry Tent and Awning Company Chicago Illinois mid 20th century. Hand painted sideshow banner for the ''Human Blockhead''. 8'h. 9'8''w. Fred Johnson is among the...
[more like this]
CIRCUS SIDESHOW BANNER. American early20th century canvas. Hand painted sideshow banner of the ''Strange Girl-Alive''. Image of a spider with a woman's head. Wear and hole. 8'6''h. 6'8''w....
[more like this]
