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"Circus Maximus" circus performer in mid-air on high wire or trapeze, Los Angeles, 1929

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Title: "Circus Maximus" circus performer in mid-air on high wire or trapeze, Los Angeles, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: June 1929
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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) 825-2239
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph is probably related to the Los Angeles Times 6-5-1929 newspaper article "Great Circus Maximus Gives Mammoth Coliseum Throng Afternoon of Thrills." The article suggests that the Los Angeles Shriners sponsored the event.
Woman practicing or performing on a high wire or trapeze for the "Circus Maximus" circus at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Text from negative sleeve: Shriner, Circus, 1929
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3084
ark:/21198/zz002cmnb2
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Aerialists--California--Los Angeles
Circus performers
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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