1900s
How bicycle daredevil Diavolo looped the loop back in the early 1900s
Bicycle daredevil Diavolo (Conn Baker) traveled the country performing gravity-defying stunts, like the still-famous loop-the-loop.
Bicycle daredevil Diavolo (Conn Baker) traveled the country performing gravity-defying stunts, like the still-famous loop-the-loop.
Cowboy actor and hero of scores of western thrillers of the silent film era, Tom Mix, was killed on a highway detour in Arizona.
Gus Wagner, one of the first tattoo professionals, and with him on the circus sideshow marquee was his wife Maud Wagner, the famous Tattooed Woman.
This circus train makes a perfect birthday cake for a child! After you bake and frost this fun cake, let the kids decorate their own ‘cars.’
Clowns: Their makeup is an artistic expression of their own special traits When a tent full of circus lovers erupts with laughter at the sight
Clowns and daredevils! Ponderous pachyderms! Wild beasts! And 34 new acts from behind the Iron Curtain! A peek into the life of a circus clown.
Beasts as entertainers Tricks of performing animals by William G Fitzgerald There probably is more competition in the entertainment world than in any other profession.
A diving dog Jack is only three years old, but he has a record of having dived from a height of more than seventy feet.
Put a smile in every child’s heart with this GIANT TALKING CLOWN! He’s a whopping 42″ tall! Every day becomes a circus with this giant
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