Lulu Adams
Lulu Adams was one of the first female clowns on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey. She is seen pictured here with her husband Albert, who she performed with both in Europe and in the late 1930s in the United States on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey. After...
Merle Evans and Lou Jacobs – Milwaukee 1986
This photograph was taken on the Milwaukee lakefront July 12, 1986. Greg Parkinson, seen here talking to Lou Jacobs, was executive director of the Circus World Museum at the time, and had just brought 75 circus wagons on a train pulled by a steam engine to Milwaukee...
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey – 1956
Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Poster – Philadelphia This familiar poster of clown Felix Adler in alternative makeup was used during the final appearance that Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey made under canvas in Philadelphia in the spring of 1956....
Clyde Beatty Hamid-Morton Circus – Palisades Park – 1958
Bruce Davidson took many photos of the “Clyde Beatty Hamid-Morton Circus” during its Palisades Park stand in 1958. Most of the photos were taken in the backyard, but this picture was taken under the big top – evidently at the conclusion of a clown...