#ringling bros.

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Hulton Deutsch, Circus performer Lucia Muller walks along the pavement at Hammersmith Broadway carrying her sister Gerda on her head, 21st January 1953. Lucia and Gerda Muller of The Chaludis in Costume, who practice balancing on their heads for the Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1950

[radicallyretro]

Vintage Florida Postcards

Kennedy Space Center is still educating visitors about space exploration.

Circus World, which later became Boardwalk and Baseball, is now gone. 

Cypress Gardens is now Legoland Florida, but the botanical gardens were preserved and can still be enjoyed today. Scans by @servoisnaked - go follow her for awesome photography!

[newyorkthegoldenage]

April 25, 1941: An elephant act from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, giving a 12-act performance outdoors for patients at Bellevue Hospital. More than 5,000 people saw the show.

Photo: AP via the Denver Post

[themimsymonologues]

Charlie Bell and His Dog, Trixie, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1941

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[eternamenteaudreyhepburn]

Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer backstage at The Ringling Brothers Circus in New York, 1954.

This inaugural show was for the benefit of the American Red Cross.

[rustbeltjessie]

all aboard the circus train // August 23, 2019 // Circus World Museum, Baraboo, WI

[cindy264]

Source: Alamy

Micky Dolenz at benefit for cystic fibrosis with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus on July 21, 1999.