Photos: Circus memorabilia
Birdcage hat worn by Felix Adler, circa 1940-50.
Circus World Museum
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Wagon wheel from the late 19th century made of painted wood and metal.
Bruce White/Somers Historical Society
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Circa 1920 photograph by Harry Atwell, and signed "Best wishes from May Wirth," billed as "the world's greatest bareback rider" when she joined Barnum & Bailey.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Tibbals Collection
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An 1871 ticket from the Barnum Museum collection in Bridgeport, Conn.
Paul Mutino
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A 1909 two-tone lithograph depicting the Ringling brothers.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Tibbals Collection.
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A poster from 1882, the year P.T. Barnum purchased Jumbo from the Royal Zoological Society in London.
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Tibbals
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An 1859 poster spotlighting a bareback rider from Nixon & Co's Mammoth Circus.
American Antiquarian Society
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Striped pants, worn by Dan Rice, circa1860s.
Hertzberg Circus Collection of the Witte Museum
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