Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Circus World Museum in Baraboo Wisconsin


Look! There's a circus just across the river.


This plaque explains the heart of the Circus Museum


The Ringling family portrait c.1895

The Sea Lion Den, probably built in 1943. Includes a water tank for the sea lions' comfort.

This is a wonderful example of the antique posters we saw in the museum

The museum also included paintings with various circus themes

Original and restored rail cars


The stales are narrow to help stabilize the animals on the train.

The garbage cans all have circus themes


A diorama depicting how much horsepower it took to pull the circus wagons





The museum represented many different circuses include this one, Susan's favorite, the flea circus

Musical Phenomenon

Sterling could play these bells

According to the museum there were 60 some circuses in the early 1900s and with downsizing, deaths, WWI and acquisitions, Ringling Brothers eventually owned them all.

Barnum and Bailey Circus in San Francisco in 1905, was purchased by Ringling in 1907.

Al Ringling training dogs in 1888

Judy saw Gunther Williams in a circus performance. Susan saw him on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Fine example of framed handbills advertising circuses


Farewell to the circus

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