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LL/13804
Sarony
G.L. Fox
n.d.
Stereoview, detail
 
Jefferson Stereoptics
Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. August 29th & Thurs. August 31st, 2006, # 06-3, Lot 243)
 
LL/13804

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LL/32722
Unidentified photographer
Two clowns in plaid suits with top hats and canes
1925 (ca)
Gelatin silver print (POP) with applied color and chromolithograph, mounted on celluloid medallion
23 cm
 
George Eastman Museum
George Eastman House Collection - Accession Number: 2008:0503:0015.0001
 
LL/32722

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LL/16761
Swords Bros.
CDV of a circus or sideshow performer [Eli Bowen]
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Swanns - New York, Sale 2103 Lot 1
 
LL/16761

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LL/122411
A. Newman (Philadelphia)
Eli Bowen, Wife and Child
1875 (ca)
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/122411

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LL/108065
White
Master Eli Boweb, The wonderful Man with Feet and no Legs. Also his wife Mrs. Mattie Bowen
n.d.
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Graham Pilecki
 
LL/108065

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LL/112742
Georgy Trunov (Moscow)
Little people theater. A German troupe on tour in Moscow
1880s
Cabinet card
 
Private collection of Sergey Maximishin
 
LL/112742

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LL/59506
Brassaï
Circus barker at Fête de Denfert Rochereau, Paris
1932 (ca)
Silver print
9 x 6 3/4 ins (22.9 x 17.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 21, 2015, #2385, Lot 157)
 
LL/59506 [Further details available]

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LL/100647
Unidentified photographer
The State Circus: rehearsal for the evening performance [Uzbeks. Uzbekistan, Samarkand region, the city of Samarkand (Samarkand district of the Uzbek SSR)]
1931
Photograph
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 72-448
 
LL/100647

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LL/124037
Kurt Triest (1907-1985)
Circus
1930s
Gelatin silver print
17.3 x 23.3 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4329
 
LL/124037 [Further details available]

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LL/124039
Unidentified photographer
Circus arena
1930s
Gelatin silver print
30.2 x 25.2 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th – 21st Century Photography, 7 December 2022, Lot: 4331
 
LL/124039

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LL/100624
Unidentified photographer
Performances of the Chinese circus [Chinese. China]
1950s
Gelatin silver print
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 2035-553
 
LL/100624

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LL/100625
Unidentified photographer
Performances of the Chinese circus [Chinese. China]
1950s
Gelatin silver print
 
Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Museum number: MAE I 2035-554
 
LL/100625

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LL/59519
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Le Cirque Fanni
1953 (taken, later print)
Silver print
14 x 9 1/2 ins (35.6 x 24.1 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, May 21, 2015, #2385, Lot 235)
 
LL/59519

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LL/37927
Ted Croner
Harold Alanza, Circus, Old Madison Square Garden
1947-1948 (taken)
Gelatin silver print
20 x 16 ins
 
Howard Greenberg Gallery
Inventory no: 0047871
 
LL/37927 [Further details available]

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LL/15550
John A. Funk Jr.
Rehearsal
1932 (ca)
Gelatin silver print
6 1/2 x 6 in
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Warren and Margot Coville Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress [LC-USZC4-9745]
 
LL/15550 [Further details available]

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LL/120365
Kurt Triest (1907-1985)
Circus trapeze artists
1930s
Gelatin silver print
22.8 x 15.7 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Auction, 8 June 2022, Photography from the 19th – 21st centuries, Lot: 4306
 
LL/120365 [Further details available]

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LL/2493
August Sander
Circus Workers
1926-1932
Gelatin silver print
10.1 x 7.6
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
© Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur - August Sander Archiv, Köln; VG-Bild Kunst, Bonn, 2011
 
LL/2493

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LL/54052
Liu Zheng
Trois acrobates de cirque
2007
Silver print
37 x 37 cm
 
Tajan
Vente 9930, Lot 318
 
LL/54052

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LL/69076
Mary Ellen Mark
Ram Prakash Singh with his Elephant Shyama at the Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India
1990 (taken) 2006 (print)
Platinum palladium print
10 x 10 ins (25.4 x 25.4 cm) (image) 16 x 13 ins (40.6 x 33 cm) (sheet)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Auction, October 25, 2016, #2426, Lot 269
 
LL/69076

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LL/115386
Bruce Davidson
The Dwarf, New Jersey
1958
Gelatin silver print
34.3 x 23.2 cm
 
Ostlicht - Gallery for Photography
24th OstLicht Photo Auction – 19.11.2021, Lot: 69
 
LL/115386 [Further details available]

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LL/3310
Harry C. Rubincam
In the Circus
[Camera Work, no. 17, pl. 09]
1907
Photogravure
6 1/8 x 7 1/2 in
 
Lee Gallery
Image courtesy of the Lee Gallery (www.leegallery.com)
 
LL/3310

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LL/46626
Charles Bierstadt
S.J. Dixon crossing whirlpool rapids on a 7-8 inch wire cable
1891, 17 July
Stereoview
 
Library and Archives Canada
PA-143309
 
LL/46626 [Further details available]

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LL/119179
Peter Elfelt
No. 2308 Indians in the Zoo
1901
Stereoview
 
Danish Photo Historical Society - Registration of Danish Stereoviews (RODS)
 
LL/119179 [Further details available]

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LL/898
Alexander Rodchenko
Circus number "Rhine wheel"
1940
 
Moscow House of Photography
 
LL/898

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LL/115800
Alexander Rodchenko
Circus Acrobats
1937
Gelatin silver print
22.9 x 15.3 cm
 
Chiswick Auctions
Lot: 284
 
LL/115800

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LL/897
Alexander Rodchenko
Final spread from special number of magazine "USSR on construction:, devoted to circus (not issued) 1941 Design by Alexander Rodchenko and Varvara Stepanova
1941
 
Moscow House of Photography
 
LL/897

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LL/6292
Martine Franck
The Clown Gerard Hardy, Theatre du Soleil, Aubervilliers
1969
Gelatin silver print
410 x 593mm
 
Location and source information requested
 
LL/6292

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LL/11011
Pivoted lever mechanical (H/P) Slide (K1) - Shows a clown jumping up and down
1850 (ca)
Lantern slide
 
Stereographica - Antique Photographica
Courtesy of Bryan and Page Ginns (#15 / 51)
 
LL/11011

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