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Life in a Three-ring-circus : Posters and Interviews by Sharon Lee Smith; Stephen J Fletcher; Indiana Historical Society is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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From ringmasters to clowns, animal trainers to trapeze artists, Indiana's long association with the circus industry is highlighted in the new Indiana Historical Society publication Life in a Three-Ring Posters and Interviews. The book features full-color posters from the Society's collection and oral histories from Hoosiers who participated in life under the big top. The Hoosier State's involvement with the circus springs from the work of two William Cameron Coup and Benjamin Wallace. Born in 1837 in Mount Pleasant, Indiana, Coup "perfected the technique of plastering the countryside with gaudy posters," while Wallace founded the Great Wallace Circus in Peru, Indiana, in 1884. The posters in Life in a Three-Ring Circus represent several circuses with and without Indiana ties, Clyde Beatty, Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers, Famous George W. Cole, Cole Brothers, Cristiani Brothers, Hagen Brothers, Hagenbeck-Wallace, Al G. Kelly and Miller Brothers, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey, and Russell Brothers. Among the stories highlighted in the book are these of John Fugate, ringmaster, International Circus Hall of Fame; Tom Dunwoody, president, International Circus Hall of Fame; Mickey

Author

Sharon Lee Smith; Stephen J Fletcher; Indiana Historical Society

Publisher

[Indianapolis?]: Indiana Historical Society

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871951519

Subjects

Anthropology, History, Social_sciences