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Emmett Kelly Jr. Circus - Public domain portrait painting

Poster showing portrait of Emmett Kelly. Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cole Bros. Circus. Nelson Family

Circus poster showing family of acrobats in action . Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Eden-concert, enl'vez l'ballon revue de m.m. Hermil & Numès, 17 boulev...

French circus poster shows two performers in the basket of an airship navigated by a rudder and a propeller. The basket bears the date 1884. Tissandier collection.

Carl Hagenbeck's East India exposition... The Hindoo colony in all its...

Circus poster showing various pictures of Indians on elephants in native clothing performing. Copyright deposit.

Circus posters, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hix Bros. circus - Drawing. Public domain image.

Circus poster showing women riding elephants. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gentry Bros. circus Miss Louise Hilton, the greatest rider the world h...

Circus poster showing Louise Hilton perched on a white horse, about to leap over a scarf held by a clown and a ringmaster. Purchase; 1984; (DLC/PP-1984:193). No. 017676.

Devils and floating girl, circus stock poster Warren, Johnson & Co., d...

Circus poster shows a woman sleeping in midair with devils below. Copyright 1870 by Warren, Johnson & Co.

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing cowboys rounding up cattle and portrait of Col. W.F. Cody on horseback. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Colonel Ma...

Circus poster showing Great danes performing with trainer, Colonel Magnus Schults. No. 98.S.; No. 2. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co.

The mammoth spectacular production, Sporting life written by Cecil Ral...

D14316 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: At the National Sporting Club, London : spirited boxing contest conducted strictly according to the rules of the ring. Lord Woodstock knocks out his professional antagonist... More

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. [Portraits of P.T. Barnum ...

No. (B-No. 16). Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World / C...

Napoleon Bonaparte on horse and Rosa Bonheur painting Buffalo Bill on horse.

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world

Circus poster showing an "Arab horsemen" performing on horseback; Buffalo Bill on horseback. No. 2600. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y.

[An animal keeper feeding raw meat to lions in a circus cage as specta...

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Banner act - Print, Library of Congress collection

Circus poster showing acrobat performing on horse. 3600J U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Gibson & Co.

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows united. The 7 wild wheel whi...

Circus poster showing The Seven Gaynells riding bicycles on an open fence track at an angle of 70 degrees. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati.

The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consoli...

Circus poster showing fancy performers diving into pool. Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co. No. 2283.

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water c...

Circus poster showing performers in a pool. No. 13(?). Copyright by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's grandest, la...

Poster showing elephants and animals in cages. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. Caption reads: Sectional view of the great double menagerie showing the enormous herd of 24 performing elephants and rare wild beasts.

Mon motocycle est chez Lucien Adenot, au Grand Garage du Cirque Médran...

Circus poster showing a woman wearing masculine outer garments and monocle.

Bob Manchester's The Cracker Jacks a 20th century idea.

Public domain scan of portrait print from Library of Congress, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus greatest wild animal show in the w...

Circus poster showing people entering the big top and a large clown face. Purchase ;

...Hassan Ali the giant Egyptian now with the Forepaugh and Sells Brot...

Circus poster showing lettering with orange, green and black design. Russell-Morgan Print. No. (4483).

I am waiting for Barnum & Bailey

Circus poster showing a tiger's head printed on a triangular sheet of paper. 12420A U.S. Copyright Office Russell-Morgan Print.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - Let freedom ring

Circus poster showing procession of golden-winged elephants and five men on horseback holding a banner. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on earth Band wag...

Circus poster showing "Liberty" band wagon with musicians and portrait of Merle Evans. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus the greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing an outdoor scene of four giraffes. Copyright deposit.

1981 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

Poster shows a cat and dog. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotional goal: U.S. K7. K9. 1981 Gift; Lanny Sommese.

Sisters 1985 Rodeo - Public domain portrait print

Circus poster showing a photo of saddle, bag and program. Equine Graphics - Photography by Tim B. Gilman c.r. 1985 Ikon Ltd., Sisters, Oregon.

Coors rodeo. Bill Pickett invitational rodeo "A salute to black cowboy...

Circus poster showing a black cowboy wrestling steer. Gift. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph Wallenda - Drawing. Public domain image.

Poster showing scenes of acrobatics. Promotional goal: Ger. K730 (circus). 1884. Purchase.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The incomparable Alfred Cou...

Circus poster showing Alfred Court with a variety of trained animals, including lions, tigers, and bears. Litho. in U.S.A. Promotional goal: U.S. K731. 1941. Purchase; Guernsey's Auction; (DLC/PP-1998:136).

Devils and floating girl, circus stock poster Warren, Johnson & Co., d...

Circus poster shows a woman sleeping in midair with devils below. Copyright 1870 by Warren, Johnson & Co.

B.K. Silverlake interview conducted by Tanya Ducker Finchum and Julian...

B.K. Silverlake was born in 1946 to Emma and Raymond Duke, a circus family. She outlined their history with various circuses and her life with Melvin Silverlake, who was also from a circus family. B.K. explaine... More

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers great shows consolidated A congress of...

Circus poster showing ostriches and other large birds. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers great shows consolidated A congress of...

Circus poster showing ostriches and other large birds. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.

John Robinson's $25,000 challenge feature--Louis Cyr, strongest man on...

Circus poster showing Louis Cyr, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, holding bar. No. 2302. Robinson 3 Sh. Strong man No. 3. Exhibited: "Men of Steel, Women of Wonder: Monder American Heroes in Conte... More

The Great Pawnee Bill shows. The only genuine wild west. Touring Ameri...

Circus poster showing a white buffalo in the center with text. Copyright by The U.S. Lithograph Co., "Russell-Morgan Print," Cincinnati. Copyright deposit.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--A glance at the great et...

Poster showing people of different nationalities and various animals. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co.

Primrose & Dockstader's Huge Minstrel Company

D7512 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The first complete canvas theatre ever erected in America. Seating 3000 people. 2 performances daily. Created and "copyright 1900 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y."... More

I am coming - Col. W.F. Cody - Public domain portrait print

Col. William F. Cody's head-and-shoulders portrait on stampeding buffalo.

Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians

A245762 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The magician's palace : a realization of the most extravagant dreams of the Arabian nights. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York.... More

Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers great shows consolidated

Bust portraits of Peter Sells, Adam Forepaugh, and Lewis Sells. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati & New York. No. 73.

Pawnee Bill's historic wild west .. the bullfight ...

Circus poster showing a bullfight on top half and parade of matadores, picadores, banderilleros, etc. on the lower half. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York.

Sells Brothers enormous united shows. ... The wonderful Snow White ......

Circus poster showing a performing zebu and peacock with clown trainer. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. Exchange; R.B. Hastings, 1944.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidate...

Poster shows great danes performing various acrobatic stunts with trainer Colonel Magnus Schults and his assistants under the big top at the Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus.

Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West. Beautiful Daring Western Girls & Mex...

Circus poster showing cowgirls on horseback. The poster is in two separate panels, each panel required two overlapping scans, the scans were then digitally stitched to produce an image of each panel. The scans... More

The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth--The rival riders, William ...

Male equestrians, including Wm. Shoutes and Wm. DeMott, horses, and clown performing. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co.

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and congress of rough riders of the world A c...

Circus poster showing American Indians leading attack against pioneers in covered wagons. Includes portrait of Buffalo Bill on horseback. 348 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2605. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Bu... More

Cristiani Bros. Circus. Giant safari parading 12 noon

Circus poster showing a chariot race. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gallery of Players - for sale here. no. 8, price 25 cents

Poster showing a man in a red horned costume surrounded by masks. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Promotion goal: U.S. D41. 189-.

Ringling Brothers world's greatest shows ... Jerusalem and the crusade...

Circus poster showing a crusader, giraffes, elephants, historical scene and five Ringling Brothers. Copyright in 1903 by Courier Co. Lith. Dpt.

Victorine - La bele colosse Parisienne

Poster showing a large woman exposing her knee. Friedlander no. 4197. Ger. K731. 1907.

Minstrel poster. Alabama - safety film negatives, Library of Congress

Public domain photograph of Alabama in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of an old house, Circus posters near Proctor, ...

File print misnumbered LC-USF343-015880-ZD; corrected Sept. 8, 1998. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Divi... More

Poster advertising sideshow at the Rutland Fair, Rutland, Vermont

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing a horizontal image of a woman and elephant marching. Gift; Ringling Bros., 1945.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey - The greatest show on earth

Circus poster showing a clown. Copyright deposit. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

P.T. Barnum & Co.'s greatest show on earth & the great London circus c...

Circus poster showing the "Great Jumbo's Skeleton" on a pedestal with several spectators; includes a cameo portrait of P.T. Barnum. Caption continues: The colossal and prodigious frame of the largest and noble... More

Five celebrated clowns attached to Sands, Nathans Co's Circus

Library of Congress prints and photographs: an illustrated guide / Library of Congress. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1995, p. 15 Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United Stat... More

Buffalo Bill's wild west and congress of rough riders of the world. A ...

Circus poster showing battle between Buffalo Bill's congress of rough riders and Cuban insurgents. Copyright by Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo, N.Y. No. 2296.

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth--The great Coney Island wat...

Poster showing performers diving and clowns in the ocean at Coney Island, New York. No. 98-B. No. 70. Printed in America.

The great Wallace shows: colossal 3 ring circus, 2 elevated stages

Poster shows Robert Stickney, Jr. performing a back flip on a galloping horse as a clown watches. Also shown on poster are portraits of Stickney and circus owner B.E. Wallace. Caption: America's most phenomena... More

[Thirteen men doing acrobatics]

Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 64. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World / C...

Napoleon Bonaparte on horse and Rosa Bonheur painting Buffalo Bill on horse.

[Five male trapeze artists performing at a circus]

35191V U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. No. 51.

[Twelve Asian acrobats performing]

7841Wp2s U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 59.

John Robinson's 10 big shows combined--The meeting of King Solomon and...

Circus poster showing large bust portrait of King Solomon surrounded by dancing girls. Copyright by The U.S. Printing Co. Copyright deposit.

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth--The realistic jungle menag...

Poster showing animals on display and performers beneath palm trees. No. 97-B. No. 12. Printed in America.

Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Greatest Act. The Only and the Greatest Per...

Circus poster showing a sea lion catching hats. No. 1900.S. No. 84.

[Clowns with Mules] - Public domain engraving

Color woodcut. Printers: Warren, Johnson & Co. Designers, Engravers and Printers. Caption card tracings: Circus; Posters; Clowns.

[Clowns with Mules] - Public domain engraving

Color woodcut. Printers: Warren, Johnson & Co. Designers, Engravers and Printers. Caption card tracings: Circus; Posters; Clowns.

Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows - Madam Ada Castello

Circus poster showing Ada Castello on a rearing horse, and a small portrait of her. 17197 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2632. Caption: Daring Madam Castello's amazing exploits on the equine marvel "Jupiter." Copyr... More

The great Forepaugh & Sells Brothers shows combined. Phenomenal acts o...

Circus poster showing a juggler, and contortionists performing various acts including backward dives from an extension ladder. 18611 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 99.S No. 67. Copyright by Strobridge Litho. Co., C... More

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth The Great Coney Island Wate...

Poster shows people in costumes, including clowns, performing at the beach.

Ringling Bros, world's greatest shows Raschetta brothers, marvelous so...

Circus poster showing the Raschetta Brothers and acrobats blindfolded somersaulting backwards off barrels. No. 2920. Copyright by Courier Company. Caption: Sensational, hazardous somersaulting exploits & indesc... More

Cycles Clément, Paris; Pneu Dunlop / / PAL.

Advertising poster for bicycles showing a woman wearing a Gallic rooster on her head and carrying a laurel wreath in one hand and a bicycle her other hand and wearing winged sandals on her feet.

Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidate...

Circus poster showing female figures posed as "An offering to Cupid," "The Sabines," "The Three Graces, lost in the Catacombs," "Youth of Bacchus," and "Rape of Polyxena." Captioned: Faultless female forms posi... More

Hagen Bros. 3-ring-3 circus graphic

Circus poster showing clown faces and fire cracker. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

2 clowns, 2 mules (?) and circus trainer

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hagenbeck-Wallace circus - Public domain portrait painting

Circus poster showing bust portraits of Carl Hagenbeck and B.E. Wallace surrounded with animals and performers.

Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt Possirliches und W...

Poster showing clowns performing with geese, roosters and a donkey. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. Printed in America.

Hoop-La! - Drawing. Public domain image.

Circus poster showing a clown: leg kicking through hoop. Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Troupe Wallenda, acrobats and flying trampolin

Poster showing trapeze and acrobats. Ger. K730 (circus). 1905. Friedlander No. 2927. Purchase.

Barnum & Bailey - I'll meet you at the circus

Triangular circus poster on board showing a woman in a clown costume waving. All corners missing.

Miller Bros. 101 ranch. Wild west

Circus poster showing an Indian smoking a pipe. 21536A U.S. Copyright Office

Circus posters. Alabama. Great Depression public domain photograph.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Minstrel poster in Alabama town

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on earth presents...

Circus poster showing male and female gorillas holding signs for circus and war bonds. Copyright deposit.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents "Hold Your Horses" ...

Circus poster showing text. Copyright deposit. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Male and female trapeze performers

12590F U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Courier Company. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Robinson's $25,000 challenge feature--Louis Cyr, strongest man on...

The big show of the world--Sells Brothers enormous united shows--Scene...

Circus poster showing a Roman chariot race. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co. Copyright deposit.

The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, gra...

Poster showing naval battle. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. No. 67.

The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros, America's enormous shows uni...

Poster on left advertises the circus and the spectacle "Trip to the Moon" with accompanying picture and also announces the "big free street parade." Poster on the right advertises the circus and the spectacle "... More

Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt Der welt grösstes,...

Circus poster showing cowboys performing riding and rope tricks. Caption: Scenen aus dem wilden Westen und Zeitvertreib einer Truppe amerikanischer Cow-Boys. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati &... More

[Twelve Asian acrobats performing]

7841Wp2s U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 59.

The great Wallace shows An innovation in aerialism, the triple revolvi...

Circus poster showing the Vortex sisters performing their trapeze act. Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description