Dame Nellie Melba
Neon Park (cover art), Little Feat, Down On The Farm (Warner Bros. Records), 1979.
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James Geraty, engraving depicting The American Circus in France (Frederic Arthur Bridgman); Art Journal of London, c. 1875.
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André The Giant manhandling the 'Bruise Brothers' at the Mid-South Coliseum, 1983.
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Carrol Dickerson And His Orchestra (Jazz band floor show), Chicago, Illinois, 1924.
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~ Lissenola Radios, January 1929 via Grace’s Guide "A Lissenola Radio Receiver is more than a scientific wonder, more than a source of entertainment - it is a companion whose interests are world-wide, whose society is of never-failing interest."
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From a set of 13 plates that record an aquatic theatrical entertainment devised by the three Mauro brothers: Domenico, Gasparo, and Pietro. (Sebastiano Bianchi or Antonio Verga), c. 1680.
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Suehiro Maruo
Circus Poster 1857
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