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Circus parade, Ellsworth, Wisconsin

• 1909 (creation)

1 photograph : print, sepia toned ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Real-photo postcard image of a circus parade in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. The parade is lead by seven elephants. Handwritten on verso: July 19, 1909. Printed on Azo paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Message: "There ware [sic] 11 elephants, [?], calliope, hippo, lions, lepard, lots of horses of course. I guess the largest ever came here. I do love to see the horses dance, it is best of all. Ivan & Howard & Roger stand by the telephone post I marked with cross. Anna Johnson stands with hands behind her. There ware [sic] lots of people in town. I will get more cards and send you if I can, different kinds, these are some I got."

This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

Cataloged by kdo (Sydney Sleichert), 04/05/2016

Found in collection

[United States] : [Publisher not identified], 1909.

• Business districts -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth -- 1900-1910 Children -- 1900-1910 Circus animals -- 1900-1910 Commercial buildings -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth -- 1900-1910 Dirt roads -- Wisconsin -- River Falls -- 1900-1910 Elephants -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth -- 1900-1910 Ellsworth (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 1900-1910 Horse-drawn vehicles -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth -- 1900-1910 Parades & processions -- 1900-1910 Parades -- Wisconsin -- Ellsworth -- 1900-1910 Photography of elephants -- 1900-1910

• Ellsworth (Wis.) Pierce County (Wis.) Parades