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Title
Entrance to the Ringling Brothers circus in Los Angeles, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the entrance to the Ringling Brothers circus in Los Angeles, ca.1930. A massive crowd is gathered at center and left, waiting to enter the large tent that is visible in the background. At right, a group of four men in suits and top hats is performing a minstrel show. Posters on a wall at right advertise the circus's attractions. The big top in the background has several flags flying from its roof, including an American flag at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10489
USC-1-1-1-10637 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33208
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10489
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33208.jpg
Subject
Circus
Afro-Americans
Vaudeville
Minstrel shows
Festivals and parades--Circuses
Ringling Brothers circus
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
33208 [Accession number]
CHS-33208 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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