A musical of puppeted animals, a traveling circus and forbidden love is how I would describe “Water for Elephants” after ...

A Beat poet’s self-portrait, a 1930s circus poster, Georgia Russell’s three-foot dolls — these are some of the singular finds at this busy Manhattan fair. By Will Heinrich If you’re new to the genre, ...

A retired circus clown, Herbert Rawlinson, finds love entering his life when he marries a member of the circus troupe, Ethel Clayton and the adoption of an orphaned circus girl, Joan Wyndham. Later ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

In the late 1930s, circuses made tours from late spring to late fall. The circus train would come into Longview in the middle of the night. It came on a rail line that brought freight to warehouses on ...

120 x 90.5 cm. (47.2 x 35.6 in.) Subscribe now to view details for this work, and gain access to over 18 million auction results. Purchase One-Day Pass ...

CANAJOHARIE – The Arkell Museum will present the exhibition Circus Circus June 12 through Oct. 16. The exhibit will feature paintings of the American circus by artists from the 1920s and 1930s ...

Francis X. Bushman (The Man)Ethel Clayton (The Woman)Joan Wyndham (The Girl)William C. Kirby (The Boy)Dorothy Gay (Circus Performer)Sunburnt Jim Wilson (The Shadow) Frank O'Connor A retired circus ...