US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2240
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 5, 1929, Great Circus Maximus Gives Mammoth Coliseum Throng Afternoon of Thrills, Fifty Thousand See Spectacle, Rare Acts Dazzle Crowd at Opening Matinee, Aerial Performances Amaze Attending Throngs, Clowns and Large Band Help Make Show Complete … Two men and horse, one in plaid pants mounted on horse's neck, one in tutu standing alongside, on Coliseum field with trapeze ropes and peristyle in background Possibly a rehearsal photograph; no audience visible Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Shriner, Circus, 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3083 3083 ark:/21198/zz002cmn9j
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Circuses & shows--California--Los Angeles Animals Entertainment Circus performers--California--Los Angeles County Circus animals--California--Los Angeles Shrine Circus Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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