A Beat poet’s self-portrait, a 1930s circus poster, Georgia Russell’s three-foot dolls — these are some of the singular finds at this busy Manhattan fair. By Will Heinrich If you’re new to the genre, ...

Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983) Circus Comes to Rawlins, Wyoming, 1939. Oil on canvas. Gift of Bartlett Arkell, 1945 (Arkell Museum) The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, NY is presenting the exhibition ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

A retired circus clown, Herbert Rawlinson, finds love entering his life when he marries a member of the circus troupe, Ethel Clayton and the adoption of an orphaned circus girl, Joan Wyndham. Later ...

In the late 1930s, circuses made tours from late spring to late fall. The circus train would come into Longview in the middle of the night. It came on a rail line that brought freight to warehouses on ...

In America at the turn of the 20th century, circuses traveled by train. They stopped in small towns, unloaded the cars, and set up tents. Inside, humans and animals were dispatched to delight and ...

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Francis X. Bushman (The Man)Ethel Clayton (The Woman)Joan Wyndham (The Girl)William C. Kirby (The Boy)Dorothy Gay (Circus Performer)Sunburnt Jim Wilson (The Shadow) Frank O'Connor A retired circus ...