Thursday, January 03, 2008

Barnum & Bailey in Europe #5


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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Also promoted on a poster, we see the feminine features of Barnum & Bailey depicted in this postcard issued in 1902, the year the show toured France and the final year of its five-year European sojourn. The three lady clowns seemed to be costumed similarly to the ladies featured on the American one-sheet posters of 1895-95 shown on this blog today.
Dick Flint
Baltimore

FRED NEILL said...

The number of lady clowns in UK varied from 0 to 4 for the shows 2nd visit - they were not very popular in the press despite the show's 'New Woman' theme. Lady ringmistreses were also around though from programmes you'd never know it. Yes, costumes based on Evetta's from 1895