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2804, 2023

The Mangean Troupe – Postcard

By Admin|2023-04-28T02:01:07+00:0028 Apr 2023|Categories: blog|Tags: Acrobats, Bud Atkinson, Mangean Troupe, San Francisco|Comments Off on The Mangean Troupe – Postcard

The Mangean Troupe toured Australia in 1912-13 with Bud [...]

2504, 2023

By Admin|2023-04-29T23:30:15+00:0025 Apr 2023|Categories: blog|Tags: Burtons national Circus, Sawpit Gully|Comments Off on Incident At Sawpit Gully, 1861

Here is the story of two Muslim Indians, Mahomet [...]

2303, 2023

By Admin|2023-03-23T00:51:30+00:0023 Mar 2023|Categories: blog|Tags: Equestrienne, Ida St Leon, Polly of the Circus, St Leon, Tightwire|Comments Off on Ida St Leon (1894-1961)

I recently came across this portrait of Ida [...]

601, 2023

The Martinettis, Australian acrobatic troupe, about 1938. Courtesy of [...]

2810, 2022

By Admin|2023-01-06T02:02:59+00:0028 Oct 2022|Categories: blog|Tags: Bareback Rider, Equestrienne, RBBB, Ringling, St Leon, Vaudeville, Wirth|Comments Off on May Wirth & Her Troupe

I recently bid successfully for a portfolio of photographs [...]

2710, 2022

By Admin|2022-10-24T02:44:41+00:0027 Oct 2022|Categories: blog|Tags: Montgomery, St Leon, Sutton, Wirth, Wirth Bros|Comments Off on Cabinet Card Aquisition

I recently bid successfully for a portfolio of [...]