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Opening of the Democratic dime museum for 1900 / J.S. Pughe.

Opening of the Democratic dime museum for 1900 / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows John P. Jones as a barker at a circus sideshow that features "The Gold Bug, The Money Devil, The Injunction Evil [labeled] U.S. Supreme Court, The Boy Wonder [William Jennings Bryan], Educated Wild ... More

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depres...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

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

The great rival advertising shows to "boom up" stocks / Gillam.

The great rival advertising shows to "boom up" stocks / Gillam.

Print shows three "advertising" sideshows, on the left, the "Great Northern Pacific R.R. Show Patronized by the European Aristocracy" with Henry Villard as the barker and Carl Schurz playing a drum; includes po... More

A black and white photo of a man and a woman on stage. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman on stage. Ohio during Gre...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaign / Gillam.

The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...

Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption)

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see g...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne invt & exct, London., British Cartoon Print

The only booth in the fair - Portland & Co., late Shelburne / I. Boyne...

Print shows a country fair amusement with Charles James Fox, on a raised platform, wearing a dunce or liberty cap labeled "Vox Populi" receiving bribes from Lord North, to the right, on the platform, Lord Shelb... More

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption)

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general cap...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The great municipal "freak" - the New York tax-payer / F. Opper.

The great municipal "freak" - the New York tax-payer / F. Opper.

Illustration shows Puck as a barker at a sideshow, presenting as a "freak" the New York City tax payer, pointing to a sign on the wall that states "Here you are now! The New York Tax-Payer!! The Greatest Curios... More

Ashville, Ohio. Sideshows at the Fourth of July celebration

Ashville, Ohio. Sideshows at the Fourth of July celebration

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man speaking at a podium. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man speaking at a podium. Ohio during Gre...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a refugee camp, migrant workers, 1930s, Great Depression, Dust Bowl refugees, poverty, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption)

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general cap...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A group of men standing in front of a tent. Ohio during Great Depression.

A group of men standing in front of a tent. Ohio during Great Depressi...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a man and a woman. Ohio during Great Depres...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

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

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Land industrial pool needed the county fair buildings housing a circus for its defense plant. So the roustabouts loaded the elephants, the sideshows, the big top, and trainloads of other equipment and went on the road a week early this year

De Land pool. Moving circus. Making way for war in Florida. The De Lan...

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

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th Celebration, Ashville, Ohio  (see general caption

Sideshows at the Ashville, July 4th Celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general caption)

Sideshows at the July 4th celebration, Ashville, Ohio (see general cap...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

In Steeplechase Park, Coney Island Island, New York

In Steeplechase Park, Coney Island Island, New York

H53672 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by H.C. White Co. On mount: The "Perfec" Stereograph. (Trade Mark.) Patented April 14, 1903.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depres...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depression.

A black and white photo of a crowd of people. Ohio during Great Depres...

Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description