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c 1950. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. "In the United States meanwhile emerged another type of clown, not exclusive to..... More
c 1960. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. "Emmett Kelly, a pantomine clown whose "Weary Willie" character has..... More
c 1900. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. "One of the factors that made circus so popular was..... More
Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) The Greatest Show on Earth Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) from the Roland Butler Collection, hand stamp on verso. According to Pliny the Elder: "The elephant..... More
c 1940. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. Suvasini Ramaswamy published this account in The Wire on February..... More
c 1950. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. "The world of the circus is a world of mystery..... More
c 1940. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. Gargantua, a headliner with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum &..... More
c 1945. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. This photograph was published on Pat Cashin's website Clown Alley on Saturday, February..... More
c 1950. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. September 1992 newspaper obituaries lauded Lou Jacobs as the “emblem..... More
c 1950. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. "Lou Jacobs was one of the most famous professional clowns..... More
1951. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. [On the website of the Robert L. Parkinson Library & Research Center (The World’s..... More
c 1940. Gelatin silver print, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. Animals have always played a big role in the circus; elephants, tigers, lions..... More
Paterson, New Jersey: 1870. Albumen silver print. 10 11/16 x 16 3/16 inches. The first iron, and fourth bridge to cross the Chasm was placed there July 2, 1868, was eighty-five feet long and was built by the Watson Machine Company, builders of the Post Patent bridges. E. M. Graff..... More
c 1960. Gelatin silver print mounted on board, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (241 x 190 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. Pirkko Gerdes-Ussin came to the United States from Finland in..... More
c 1900. Gelatin silver print, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (190 x 241 mm) from the Roland Butler Collection, Press Agent, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1930s-1960s) Roland Butler Collection hand stamp on verso. Many characteristics of the modern circus—such as parades, acts of skill, animals, and..... More
c 1937. Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 11 7/8 x 14 5/8 in (302 × 372 mm); archivally matted and framed. The verso with mounted photographer's label with address "Flat 11, Douglas Hous, 6 Maida Avenue, London W2 1TG, Tel: 01-723 6269", hand annotated "Hyde Park, ca. 1937." Nearly pristine condition..... More
c 1940. Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 7 1/2 x 8 5/8 in (192 × 220 mm); archivally matted and framed. Minimal oxidation mirroring (only discernible in counterlight) in the edges, minimally rubbed in the outermost corners. The verso signed "W. Suschitzky", with photographer's stamp and hand annotation "Big Ben and..... More
1962. Gelatin silver print. Vintage. 11 5/8 x 9 3/4 in (296 × 246 mm); archivally matted and framed. The dark areas with some oxidation mirroring (only discernible in counterlight), the corners slightly creased or bumped, pressure marks lower left, light craquelure in the left edge. The verso signed "W..... More
1936. Gelatin silver print on baryta paper. Later print. Image dimensions 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 in (292 × 375 mm); sheet dimensions 12 x 15 1/4 in (304 × 388 mm); archivally matted and framed. The verso signed "W. Suschitzky", hand annotated and dated "London, Cambridge Circus, Charing Cross..... More
1946. Silver gelatin print, printed 1980s; image dimension 15 x 11 5/8 in. (380 x 293 mm), sheet dimension, 15 3/8 x 12 1/8 in. (390 x 309 mm). The verso signed "W. Suschitzky" in black crayon, titled and dated Dundee. 1946". [Michael Omasta, et al. Wolf Suschitzky: Seven Decades..... More