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Circus, Olé! 1942
Laredo,Texas. They buy apples and peanuts and candy and settle into seats around the ring. Above them, in a sombrero and charro suit, a man walks across the wire. La Carpa Garcia is in town. Learn more >>
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Come Dance With Me, My Lady Love & Life Will Be a Circus, 1920
Today the circus came to town. A white-faced clown waved to a mill girl as she watched the circus parade and it changed her life forever. Learn more >>
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One Ring Extravaganza Spring, 1943
Shops close and schools close and folks line the streets as the circus comes to town. And, once again, when it leaves, a 15-year-old boy from town leaves with it. But this time, his parents don't bring him back. Al Vidbel is now a circus man. Learn more >>
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Buckles & Company, 1949
Three-year-old Anna May comes to William Woodcock to learn to be a circus performer. For the next 50 years the African Woodland elephant will be a member of his family. Learn more >>
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Billy Sunday & the Ballyhoo Band, 1929
Sheboygan, Wisconsin. She is the daughter of "Sunshine" and like her father before her, a child of the circus, lulled to sleep by the musical strains of "The Wedding of the Winds" as her parents glide by on a flying trapeze. Learn more >>
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