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Photographs of the circus and circus performers

Title
Photographs of the circus and circus performers [graphic] / Sol Libsohn.
Author
Libsohn, Sol, 1914-
Publication
194--1959.

Details

Additional Authors
Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
17 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 34 x 26.4 and smaller.
Summary
Views of clowns and mimes including, Tom Yeers and Marcel Marceau, and other circus performers and scenes with the Ringling Brothers Circus, the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Hunt Brothers Circus at various towns and cities including New York City (Madison Square Garden), Princeton, Metuchen and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania.
Subject
  • Marceau, Marcel
  • Yeers, Tom
  • Barnum and Bailey
  • Hunt Brothers Circus
  • Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)
  • Ringling Brothers Circus
  • African Americans
  • Checkers
  • Children
  • Circus performers
  • Circuses & shows
  • City & town life
  • Clotheslines
  • Clowns
  • Dogs
  • Dwarfs
  • Human curiosities
  • Show tents
  • Ticket offices
  • Trucks
  • Unicycles
  • Women
  • Allentown (Pa.)
  • Easton (Pa.)
  • Metuchen (N.J.)
  • New Brunswick (N.J.)
  • New Jersey
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)
  • Princeton (N.J.)
Genre/Form
  • Cityscapes.
  • Interiors.
  • Portraits.
  • Photographic prints.
  • Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Note
  • Title devised by cataloger.
  • Collection stamps, verso on some items.
  • Locales, subject designations, titles, dates inscribed in pencil or ink, verso.
  • Photographer's stamps, verso on some items.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Provenance (note)
  • Transfer, 1991.
Call Number
MFZ (Libsohn) 93-6292
OCLC
NYPG93-F186
Author
Libsohn, Sol, 1914- photographer.
Title
Photographs of the circus and circus performers [graphic] / Sol Libsohn.
Imprint
194--1959.
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite As:
Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms Of Use
Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Finding Aids
Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
Transfer, 1991.
Added Author
Romana Javitz Collection.
Research Call Number
MFZ (Libsohn) 93-6292
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