Creator:
Becker, Ronald G.
Inclusive Dates:
1836- 1960
Abstract:
More than one thousand photographs of 19th century sideshows and circuses, most by photographer Charles Eisenmann or his successor Frank Wendt, the remainder by unknown photographers. Most of the photographs depict the physical abnormalities of humans and animals featured at these shows. Subjects include P.T. Barnum, the P.T. Barnum Firm (Barnum and Bailey Circus), and Tom Thumb. Also included are Becker's research notes, an 1865-1868 run of The New York Clipper (forerunner of Billboard Magazine), and various print (broadsides and posters) and non-print circus memorabilia.
Type of Material:
Advertising fliers.
Albumen prints.
Broadsides (notices)
Cabinet photographs.
Cartes-de-visite.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Ephemera.
Gelatin silver prints.
Notes (documents)
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Posters.
Salted paper prints.
Subject:
New York clipper.
Photographers.
Photography
Abnormalities, Human -- Photographs.
Advertising, Circus.
Amusement parks -- Photographs.
Animals -- Abnormalities -- Photographs.
Broadsides -- 19th century.
Cabinet photographs.
Carte de visite photographs.
Circus -- Collectibles.
Circus animals -- Photographs.
Circus performers -- United States -- Photographs.
Deformities, Artificial -- Photographs.
Dwarfs -- Portraits.
Freak shows -- Photographs.
Giants -- Portraits.
Photography of the grotesque -- United States.
Portrait photography.
Posters -- 19th century.
Printed ephemera.
Conjoined twins -- Portraits.
Creator:
Bishop, David Wolfe.
Inclusive Dates:
1869- 1881
Abstract:
Travel diaries of D.W. Bishop, recording trips to England, Scotland, Europe and others.
Type of Material:
Diaries.
Ships' passenger lists.
Playbills.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Ephemera.
Subject:
Europe -- Description and travel.
England -- Description and travel.
Scotland -- Description and travel.
Asia -- Description and travel.
Diarists.
Travelers -- Asia -- Diaries
Travelers -- Europe -- Diaries.
Travelers -- England -- Diaries.
Travelers -- Scotland -- Diaries.
Ocean liners.
Creator:
Brooks, George Sprague, b. 1895.
Inclusive Dates:
1918- 1920
Abstract:
Memorabilia from Brooks' months as an American soldier and student at the University of Poitiers. Brooks was one of 249 American soldiers -- both officers and enlisted men -- who briefly attended the University of Poitiers (halfway between Paris and Bordeaux) as full-time students in 1919 after having fought on the Western Front. All but one item date from 1918-1920.
Type of Material:
Letter books.
Playbills.
Ephemera.
Diplomas.
Menus.
Subject:
Poitiers (France) -- Universities and colleges.
Literature -- American Fiction
Military history
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence.
Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- France.
Universities and colleges -- France -- Poitiers.