Imaginary Menagerie

A collection of circus inspiration

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Circus Girls by Nina Leen for LIFE magazine 1945

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Acrobats, Photo by Mark Steinmetz, 1998

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Children read a Sylvan Drew Circus billboard, 1931. Photograph by Jacob J. Gayer, National Geographic Creative

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thetallestpine

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untitled by man10kowai on Flickr.

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Circus aerialist Bella Attardi practicing aerial ballet for Ringling Bros. Circus. Photograph by Nina Leen.

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May 1938. Sikeston, Missouri. “Erecting tent for Lasses White show.” Lasses being Lee “Molasses” White (1888-1949), minstrel-show impresario as well as star of radio, stage and screen in the first half of the last century. Acetate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. Shorpy [x]

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August Sander, Circus Workers, 1926-1932

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Bolton, 1970s - Don Tonge.

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José Suárez Peregrin — The Acrobats  (oil on canvas, 1932)

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José Suárez Peregrin (Spanish, 1908-?), Los saltimbanquis [The Acrobats], 1932. Oil on canvas, 140 x 140 cm.

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Claude Cahun (1894-1954)

I Am In Training, Don't Kiss Me

Self Photograph

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Circus Band, 1895, Maurice Prendergast

Size: 31.43x23.81 cm