Claire Heliot, a famous lion tamer in the early 1900’s via
Circus Clown Leo Billwarek, Vintage Czech Circus Autographed RPPC, Prague, circa 1910 via
Vintage postcard of a circus animal trainer in all his gaudy finery. The photo was made in the early 1900s (card stamped with the number 1907, probably the year printed, but if not, it would be very close) via
Female animal tamer and leopard, 1905 via
This is an original 1874 black and white in-text wood engraving of a painting by R. Ribera entitled, “Italian Acrobats” that portrays a group of circus performers wandering the city streets in winter via
Christian Wilhelm Allers, Musik und Tanz Probe im Circus Renz, 1887 (Group of Circus Renz artists, with Carl Godlewski) via
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