circus

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Flaminius

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

The Fall of the Magician

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Maximus

Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae: Circus Flaminius in Rome

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Della trasportatione dell'obelisco vaticano et delle fabriche di Nostro Signore papa Sisto v fatte dal cavallier Domenico Fontana. Roma : D. Basa, 1590. Published in: ... more

Punchinellos Outside a Circus

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Italian, Venice 1727–1804 Venice)

Reconstruction of the Circus Maximus (above) and a View of the Site (b...

Reconstruction of the Circus of Caracalla (above) and a View of the Ru...

Punchinellos Outside a Circus

To the Memory of George Taylor Whose Skill and Courage in Manual Comba...

Danse aristocrate Il ne sçait sur quel pied danser.

Print shows Abbé Maury walking a tightrope, attended by the devil disguised as a jester, as nobles encourage him from the left, and on the right, a man and woman, representing members of the Third Estate, attem... more

Horsemanship demonstration

[Circus sketches: acrobats and circus animals]

Purchase, Hubbard Fund, 1960.

Royal Circus

Broadway Circus and Olympic Theatre, Broadway between Howard and Grand...

Circus. Monday evening, March 9, 1829. The managers have the honor to ...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 193, Folder 20.

Circus Galop - to Miss Emilie Shierenberg

Music cover - woman bareback rider in circus ring. LOT subdivision subject: Circus, Carnivals and Fairs. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Published by Jewett & Mischka, 263 Ma... more

Circus Royal, Colchester. To Mr. Batty, after visiting his olympic pav...

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 57, Folder 32.

Suerte VI: The torero's assistant sets dogs on the bull

In the Heart of Modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Entrance of St. Georges Road of the Obelisk Turnpike with a View of th...

[Details from the Circensian games, Ancient Rome: fig. 1 procession on...

Illus. in: Heck, Iconographic Encyclopedia, 1851, v. 1, plate 14. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Sports; It. Rome Hist.; Chariots; Roman games;Arch., Roman; Shelf.

Villikins and Dinah. As sung by Bill Lake, at Spalding & Rogers' Circu...

Verse. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 156, Folder 17.

Broadside with 48 scenes depicting the equestrian and gymnastic moves ...

Rivers & Derious' combination circus! and Bedouin Arab troupe for a sh...

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 6 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 204, Folder 51b. Copy scanned: 2

Untitled (Circus in Yokohama)

Utagawa Yoshikazu (Japanese, active ca. 1850–1870) Edo period (1615–1868)

Will exhibit at Roxbury, Thursday, Sept. 9th, 1869, J.M. French's Orie...

Broadside illustrated with herd of camels pulling carriage, people on horseback, etc. No ref. copy. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Posters; Circus; Animals.

[Aerial balloon performance with tents and audience below]

Bella C. Landauer collection. Appears to be one sheet from a larger poster. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1964:R1.

[Devils and floating girl, circus stock poster]

[Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while susp...

Title devised by Library staff. Tissandier collection.

French Equestrian Circus on the grounds of Asakusa Kannon temple (Asa...

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874)

A Circus Boy

Ella Zuila, the Australian funambuliste

K11710 U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright Metropolitan Litho Studio, 29 Warren St., N.Y., 1879." J.E. Jackson, agent. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Fountain, Grand Circus Park, Detroit

Descente d'Absalon par Miss Stena

Circus poster shows a group of aerialists performing. Two women are held aloft by a balloon attached to their hair. The portrait on the center balloon is possibly Miss Stena. Title from item. Tissandier collection.

Cirque dʹhiver ... Tous les soirs,à 8 heures / Stafford & Co., Notting...

French circus poster shows an aerialist floating with arms outstretched above a city skyline with a balloon in the background. Title from item. Tissandier collection.

A Senatorial Blondin

A Spangled World. Life With the Circus

Cover of A Spangled World, c1883 by Richard K. Fox, with illustration of dancing woman. Copyrighted by Richard K. Fox. cf: The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Summer 1983, p. 220. This record cont... more

Chiarini's Circus (Sekai daiichi charine daikyokuba)

Utagawa Masanobu (Japanese, active ca. 1882–87) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Illustration of the Imperial Excursion to see the Charini's Circus (Ch...

Yōshū (Hashimoto) Chikanobu (Japanese, 1838–1912) Meiji period (1868–1912)

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

A Peep at the Circus

McLoughlin Brothers (New York, NY)

Family in front of their home in east Custer County, Nebraska, near Le...

summary: Note the circus posters on the side of the house. The two girls wear dresses made from the same material original size: 6x8

Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)

Ludgate Circus from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of ...

This image has been taken from scan 000087 from "London and its Environs. A picturesque survey of the metropolis and the suburbs ... Translated by Henry Frith. With ... illustrations". The title and subject ter... more

[Piccadilly Circus, London, England]

Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905. Print no. "10787". Printed at bottom left: 10787. London. Piccadilly Circus. More informati... more

The marvellous Bard, phenomenal trick swinging wire artist

Caption: This act is entirely different to all others and must be seen to be realized. Created by "Moody Bros., Birmingham." Transferred from; LC Rare Book and Special Collections Division; 1956. Forms part of:... more

Circus rings, Luna Park, Coney Island, N.Y.

Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910

Sirkusaktører i kostyme på oppbygd scene. Cirkus Fischer 1910

Circus (Au Cirque) (Circus Ring)

Henri-Gabriel Ibels (French, Paris 1867–1936 Paris)

Nellie McHenry in A night at the circus by H. Grattan Donnelly.

Y41596(?) U.S. Copyright Office Created and "copyright 1893 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin., N.Y. & Lon." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Circus Arena with the Clown and Ballet Dancer

[Parade of Arabian circus, at World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, I...

36915Y U.S. Copyright Office. Issued by Souvenir Photograph Co., Chicago.

[The amateur circus at Nutley]

A gentleman wearing a hat and spectacles stands before a hoop held by two clowns. The scene depicted in the center of the hoop is of Annie Oakley, standing on horseback, giving a demonstration of her shooting ... more

Luis Martinetti /

"Gymnast and contortionist, performing on flying rings"--Raff & Gammon price list. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Luis Martinetti of the Martinetti Brothers. Camera, William Heise. Duration: 0:16 at 30 fps. Film... more

Caicedo (with pole) /

"King of the slack wire. His daring feats of balancing as he performs his thrilling feats in midair show that he is perfectly at home. 50 feet"--Edison films catalog, no. 94. Copyright: no reg. Performer: Juan ... more

The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles

Z40973 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The marvelous Jordan Family and Dunham : astonishing aerial artists in unbelievable feats. Created and "copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & New York." Dire... more

[Main entrance, Ringling Bros. circus]

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Circus Bergmans avresa från Kalmar den 19/6 1895.

Now for his third term leap

"Fall Elections 1895" on broken trapeze. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0123). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Night

Photograph shows a nude woman standing on a crescent moon, holding, horizontally, a bamboo pole with an owl perched on each end. A37822 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright 1895 July 24 by Frederic... more

[England - London - Piccadilly Circus]

H121094 U.S. Copyright Office Title from item. No. 02003. Stereo copyrighted by J.J. Killelea & Co. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

[Harry and Beatrice Houdini with the Welsh Brothers Circus]

The circus has come! / Keppler.

Print shows William C. "Whitney" as the ringmaster at a circus where "D.B. Hill" is performing a horse riding trick by trying to ride two horses at once, a small horse labeled "Gold Standard" and a larger horse... more

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

[Winter study, Grand Circus Park]

In the heart of modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England

Stereo copyrighted by Strohmeyer & Wyman.

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262916 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262919 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Charles Frohman's production, The circus girl

C262917 U.S. Copyright Office A.H. Canby, manager. Created and "copyrighted 1897 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Rossow Midgets, Star Speciality Co.

C257486 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Mlle. Chalet, the bounding queen. Created and "copyright 1897 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Herman Rossow, prop. & mgr. No. 5746. Forms part of: Theatrical poster co... more

Is This a Circus? -- G.F. Hoar

This illustration entitled "Is This a Circus? -- G.F. Hoar", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on May 22, 1897, depicts Senator George Frisbie Hoar lambasting Senator Willia... more

[T]he [gr]eat Wallace shows : [c]olossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated sta...

Poster shows circus performers posing as statues depicting historical or mythical events: Apollo and the Muses; The Triumph of Love; Landing of Columbus; Rock of Ages; and Offering to Cupid.

John Robinson's big feature ... Louis Cyr - The Canadian strongman. $2...

Circus poster showing Louis Cyr with arms crossed. Title from item. Copyright deposit.

Hoyt's A contented woman

83461 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The campaign girls. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." Direction of Fred E. Wright. No. 3984. Forms part of: Theat... more

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)

At the Circus: The Spanish Walk (Au Cirque: Le Pas espagnol)

West Grand Circus Park, Detroit

Historic Sites

Sex barn leker cirkus. Förmodligen är lekplatsen belägen i kvarteret P...

Sex barn leker cirkus. Förmodligen är lekplatsen belägen i kvarteret Plantagen, nuvarande museitomten. I bakgrunden syns Islandsskolan.

[Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.]

[Grand Circus Park, looking toward Washington Blvd. and Hotel Statler,...

Circus day at Kearney, Nebraska

summary: Note: Businesses of Commercial National Bank, Hoxie Grocery Company, Grassmeyer & Smith Real Estate and O.H. Downing & Son Coal Office shown in photo. original size: 6x8

Fair and Circus, scene 2

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus graphic

Circus poster showing clown faces and fire cracker. Title from item.

Fair and Circus, scene 3

Fair and Circus, scene 4

The ballooon girl a comedy drama of circus life by Robert J. Sherman :...

Caption: A story of a sweet little circus girl, her bad sister, a minister, and meddling town gossips. Created by "Quigley Litho. Co., K.C." No. 3516. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Mich.]