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For a detailed article about the history of the Ringling Bros. bell wagon, please see “The Ringling Bros. Bell Wagon” by Fred Dahlinger, Jr. in Bandwagon, Volume 28, Number 6 (1984). Click here to read this article in the Bandwagon Collection on the Internet Archive. 

( 1985 – Marv Gauger photo courtesy of Stephen T. Flint )

1900 – Enlargement of a Trimpy negative from the Bill Kasiska collection )

( 1934 on the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus in Johnston, PA. – Conover Set # 927 – photo # 717 )

( 1941 – Sverre Braathen slide – Used with permission from Illinois State University’s Special Collections, Milner Library )

( 1946 – Sverre Braathen slide – Used with permission from Illinois State University’s Special Collections, Milner Library )

( 1948 – Sverre Braathen slide – Used with permission from Illinois State University’s Special Collections, Milner Library )

( 1950 – Sverre Braathen slide – Used with permission from Illinois State University’s Special Collections, Milner Library )

( 1954 – Sarasota winter quarters – Bernard J. Fleck slide )

( Ringling Museums – Conover Photographic collection )

The following photos of the re-build were all taken by Marv Gauger and are provided here, courtesy of Stephen T. Flint.

( 1985 – Marv Gauger photos – courtesy of Stephen T. Flint )

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