circus
275 photos and 6 illustrations tagged circus, from 24 members of Flickr Commons.
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Recent uploads
The last upload was 1 April.
Circus from Randolph Historical Society uploaded 1 April
Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, August 9, 1934 from State Library of Queensland uploaded August 2025
Ashtons of (Australia’s first circus), People Magazine, November 1952 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded March 2025
15-3001-0690 from Navy Medicine uploaded October 2024
Circus Tent, Sydney, 1937-1941 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2024
Boy juggler, Sydney, 1938 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded September 2024
Wall of Death, Easter Show, Sydney, 1938 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded June 2024
Rodeo riders, 1940 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded June 2024
Circus 1937 SLNSW_FL19136711 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded April 2024
Ringling Bros. world's greatest shows ... The funny, wonderful elephant brass band ... (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2022
Madame (Ada) Senyah, trapeze artist, c.1865 from State Library of New South Wales uploaded July 2022
Wirth circus workers removing a harness from an elephant on a train at Roma Street from State Library of Queensland uploaded November 2021
Wirth Brother's circus elephant walking among the train tracks at Roma Street station from State Library of Queensland uploaded November 2021
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Reynolds (LOC)
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swanq said:
Copy at www.greatbigcanvas.com/view/human-fly-john-jammie-reynold... is captioned, "Human Fly' John 'Jammie' Reynolds juggles while balancing atop a roof decoration in New York City. In the distance is the New York Life Building at the Madison Square Park. Ca. 1915-1920."
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swanq said:
I think the tower in the right background is probably actually the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Company... and that beside and below it at extreme right may be the Flatiron building. See www.nyc-architecture.com/GRP/GRP19-metlife2.jpg
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Art Siegel said:
I think you are right, and this is a view southeast from Herald Square.
A similar photo ran in the New York Tribune for June 22, 1919:
"Reynolds, the original steeple jack, pushes the perils of his pro- fession a point and performs perilous acrobatic stunts on the roof of the Herald Square Building, 22 stories high. Slipping would mean a 400-foot descent into Broadway. C. Curtis."
www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030214/1919-06-22/ed-1/?sp=9&...
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Mary said:
Thanks for the fuller identification. We'll add this to our records.
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Pixel Packing Mama ~ 39 Million Views said:
My jaw dropped. Thank-you for posting this incredible photo and the one of him with the two chairs. WOW! FAVED for sure.
Traveling circus comes to Smoky Lake, Alberta
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Swordscookie said:
Literally "A Band Wagon"!!!! Lovely shot!
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Provincial Archives of Alberta said:
Yes, I hadn't thought of that!