Research Catalog

Photographs of the circus and circus performers

Title
  1. Photographs of the circus and circus performers [graphic] / Sol Libsohn.
Published by
  1. 194--1959.
Author
  1. Libsohn, Sol, 1914-

Details

Additional authors
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Description
  1. 17 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w; 34 x 26.4 and smaller.
Summary
  1. Views of clowns and mimes including, Tom Yeers and Marcel Marceau, and other circus performers and scenes with the Ringling Brothers Circus, the Barnum & Bailey Circus and the Hunt Brothers Circus at various towns and cities including New York City (Madison Square Garden), Princeton, Metuchen and New Brunswick, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Allentown and Easton, Pennsylvania.
Subject
  1. Marceau, Marcel
  2. Yeers, Tom
  3. Barnum and Bailey
  4. Hunt Brothers Circus
  5. Madison Square Garden (New York, N.Y.)
  6. Ringling Brothers Circus
  7. African Americans
  8. Checkers
  9. Children
  10. Circus performers
  11. Circuses & shows
  12. City & town life
  13. Clotheslines
  14. Clowns
  15. Dogs
  16. Dwarfs
  17. Human curiosities
  18. Show tents
  19. Ticket offices
  20. Trucks
  21. Unicycles
  22. Women
  23. Allentown (Pa.)
  24. Easton (Pa.)
  25. Metuchen (N.J.)
  26. New Brunswick (N.J.)
  27. New Jersey
  28. New York (N.Y.)
  29. Pennsylvania
  30. Philadelphia (Pa.)
  31. Princeton (N.J.)
Genre/Form
  1. Cityscapes.
  2. Interiors.
  3. Portraits.
  4. Photographic prints.
  5. Silver gelatin photographic prints.
Call number
  1. MFZ (Libsohn) 93-6292
Note
  1. Title devised by cataloger.
  2. Collection stamps, verso on some items.
  3. Locales, subject designations, titles, dates inscribed in pencil or ink, verso.
  4. Photographer's stamps, verso on some items.
Access (note)
  1. Restricted access;
Cite as (note)
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of use (note)
  1. Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Provenance (note)
  1. Transfer, 1991.
Author
  1. Libsohn, Sol, 1914- photographer.
Title
  1. Photographs of the circus and circus performers [graphic] / Sol Libsohn.
Imprint
  1. 194--1959.
Restricted access
  1. Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Cite as:
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Terms of use
  1. Permission of the photographer required for reproduction.
Finding aids
  1. Detailed inventory available.
Provenance
  1. Transfer, 1991.
Added author
  1. Romana Javitz Collection.
Research call number
  1. MFZ (Libsohn) 93-6292
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