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PAIiNEE 8ltL'S HlSTOflIC IIltD \lEST. Ot"gantud as a circus road ah_ byKaJor Cordon 1I.(Pavnea Bill) Lillie in 1887. Pawnee Bill vaa a buffalohunter and Indian Agent to tbe Pawnee Indiana. In 1909 he ..rged vlthBuffalo Bill and it bee..... the Buffalo Btll Wtld lIest & Fawne. 8t11Great rar Eaat Sh_.lt v.. nlelr.n.ame.d the "T..., Billa Sh_" and ttfat led In 1913. The tvo tOvers shown were both u$ed in 1894.

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FORTGARLAND.COLOKADO. Airportdedication cover autogrilphed by:PAWNEE BILL - Geo.W. LilleCapt. LUTHER H. NORTH -PawneeScouts.SILVER TIP - TOil C. Grant.DIAMOND DICK - Dr.Rich.rd Tanner.PARSON BOB - last SCOUt Of theOregon"Trai.t.on reverse of thecover.101".11. ADAMS Governor of Colorado.And at"heni incl"uding KIT CARSON ItJpost.llarked at FORT GARLAND. No year

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Am.erican Circus

GOLLKAR BROS CIRCOS,vaa founded and operated by cousins of theRln911n911 III Ol vagon ahoy 1891-1902 and on rails 1903-1916. In1922 they vere operating as GOLLliAR BROS-YANKEE ROBINSON.The cover above vall used fro. BIRD ISLAND !'lINN .JUL 18 1898 asper post.lllack. BIRO ISLAND NINN .JUt. 18 1898. tying II 2 cent. stallpof the Tranll-Hi •• iIlSippl issue.

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!< Puny Sho", in 190~. Enbr"ing il "nd ",.mins: •fuller (id~ in 1906. lh~y brought \Villie Sells imo thefinn .nd coll..J ,he d>o", Sells FlOl"o Cirew. Since theSells tide ,,"os OU'ned by !he Ringlings. SeU. Flom""2> wed ;n 1909 .nd "',.. orderw no! to UK !hepictures of origin.l Sells bl'Ollhcrs. In 190. owoenof Selk FlOlO Circus figured io the firuociol hilun:of the Buff.lo Bill "·ild \VtS! Show, .od io 191+-15toor MOle: \\"os Sells FIoro-Bulhlo Bill Circus. withBuff.lo Rill u' fc::o!ure. From 19H umil ,he rod of19~9 the d>ow ,,~owoc:d by ,'Iugi....n .od 8o"'en'Amc:Oco.o Circus O>rpor:llioo. Riogling bought ,hee""'FIIIY .od openfed Selk FlOlo in 191G-19Jl. The:ritle: ""os .ppcnded to ,he Al G. Iloma Circus for19)7 "nd 1938. its 1.uI .ppnnncc.

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COLE BROS. CIRCUS. Created in 1906 by Martin Dovns. The nallle ~as ~enused by various circus ",en un~er sevaral titlas. In the 1930's itVf,$ usee! by Jess Adkins" Zack Terrell. Cover above vas usee in 1938,proclail;lin;- CLYOE BEATTY famous ....ill! animal trainer and KEN MAYNARD,veIl kno.... vester lIIovie star. Also see cover below tor variation of thetitle by JESS ADKIHS" ZACK TERRELL. Cover used in 1937 .The name ispresently in used by a circus.

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KING BROTHERSCIRCUS

floyd and Havard King oper-at.ed several shove, beganingin 1919 withe the SangerCircus ,vhich vas named afterthe Briti.hclrcus of thatna~e. Then in the follovingyears. Harris Bros •• WalterL.Hain.Gentry Bros. lindCole Bros. tn 1946 theyestablished KING BROTHERSCIRCUS which folded in1956.

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KING"" FRANKLIN'S CIRCUSAnelrew N. King (1843/1890) Wall born 1n Tex3s. He entered the c1 reus!lnd sho.... business at a very early age.About lea2,he became assoc-ia ted ... i th the c i reus oC Ki n9, Surke .... Co. When Burke ret 1red, W. E.Franklin became a partner and the firm tOOk the title oC King ..Franklin. It 11;15 a railroad show operating between 1887 &. 1891.The cover is postmarkQd CHATTANOOGA, TENN/MAR 18, 1890. AndrewKing WliS not related to Floyd and Howard King.

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HILLER BROS" ARLINGTON 101 RANCH REAL WILD WEST SHOW. Orgilnlzecl byEdv~rd Arlington :tith the Hiller" ,:tho vere Oklaho",~ ranchers ,in 1908.At one tillle. Butt~lo Bill beC'llae paet" ot the show, uhich continued unti 11931.under variOUS partnerships ilnd title. The cover shovn belOw",~spostf:l~rked AU9ust 8.1912.

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Clyde Beatty \las one of thebest known wild animal train-ers that fo110w.d in thefootsteps of the great Cllr1Hayenbeek.SEE Barnum/Hagen-beck letter in this eXhibit.

Cover shown was usedfrom DE LAND,FLORIDAMAR.31.1968. It W>1lSsent by Floyd King.II brother of HowardKing of the KingBrothers.

This \las one of several road sho\lsoperated ~y the King Brothers andthe Cole Brothers,under variousnaDles during the 1930's throughthe 1970's.

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This circus was operated byRobert Atterbury during thelate 1920's through 1937 whenit ~as discontinued.

Enclosed letter dated June 21.1936 at Abbotsford.Wisconsln.to -Baraboo Bill- Kaslska. Inwhich he gives the route ofthe circus _ "Nellsvl11e,24, Pi ttsvl11e 25. Sauk City.27. Albany.Wisconsln 30"

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Established by Andrev DovnieMcPhee in 1884, tn.velin9 byva90n, railroad and riverboats,In 1911-13 it vasOOllnie & Whee Ier, 1914- 17 La'fena.1918-24 Walter L,Main,All on railroad,then a.DOWNIE BRO'S CIRCUS 11'11926.S01d to CharlesSparks 11'1 1930 lind vascontinued in the DOwNIEname throut;j;h 1938.vhenit vas sold and taBedin 1939.

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The illustrated cover, on this page represent two of Barnu.', greatastantrepreneurial pro.otlons In the history of entertaln.ent _ Jenny Lind,the Swedl,h Nightingale (abo~l,and the celebrated .Ideet CaBeral To.Th..-b (below). Jenny Lind "'aI brought to AmerIca In 1850 by Bar...... undercontract that sn. would not be asaoclated wIth hia -useu. freak,. Shawas pald {or I~O concerts at $1,000 each plua all espenaea {or her ..ld,butl"r,ll!cretary and an additional $25,000 for her ..aleal director. Byay the end of the tour,in ~y of Iti52,Barn..- had groaaed al.est $700,QOO.

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PACKET "Atlantic"This tOlded letter orlgin~ted at Batavia,Dutch East Indies onJune 20.laSO.It ...as routed "vlil Marseilles" to Sarin Brothers4 Co. London ....here it arrived on Ausust 20th.Thence tor...~rdedto Liverpool "'here it "'as placed onboard the ~Atlantic~. Itarrived at Ne", York on September 1st and thence to Boston.The letter was rated I shilling trom Batavia to London, AtLiverpOOl the I shilling was crossed out and it was rerated"24" and "3 CENTS~ to New York - 21 cents U.S. and 3 centsBritish, because it was carried on II U.S. Packet Ship.

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Hlra. Orton. a torller aailor On the Great Lake•• torlleda circus at Portage. Wisconsin in 1854.1n 1858 he ventinto a partnerahi p vi th A. P. Older and it beca.e ORTON" OLDER' S GREAT SOUTHERN CIRCUS 1858-60. So....ti ... atter1860 Older lett the ahov.Hira. retired troll_anagellentand dled at the age at 72.Atter Hira.. ·s death the ahovcontlnued under the Orton Ca.ily and Hir... • ....on Mlle••who was an equestrian barl!baCk rider DC note.MUesdied in Key West. Florida in 1903. but the ahoy kept ongoing as ORTON BROTHERS CIRCUS.under R.Z.Orton.untUthey finlllly closed it out in the early 1930s. Covershovn is prepaid by a three cent stamp of the 1857 laaueand poat.llrked at Tallahassee.Fla J ..n 16.1858.the verysalle year that Orton" Older began.

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VAN 1I.HIIUkCll .. lXI'S HENAC£RIE '- C1RQlS. I':slubl1sbed by Issac VattAIoburl:h.too nnL I_prt"nl "lid "'Ii_I tt"incr In _rlclI.about184&. Aftar Van ~bur&h's death. tn I86S.the ctrcus ..as continuadby hi' .......r.Hyatt Fro.t.until 1885 when the na-e .... l ....d to.ingrtng Brothet•• In .a.e f ••hion Hy.tt ...s connected "ith P.T.Bam..., .h-.. by tM Blustt.ted lattarabeat on tha oppo.ttapall'" T1Ie covet ,holm .bove 113S used f~ "Kr ZIONITOI/AlA", 2\"dutt... tbe 1860••Tha co,"r ,hown Ofl oppodte ~ 1. po.t_rked .t "HEll YORI: JAN 4086'1" and i. addra._d to na....... t.burgh.tndi.na. n.... lattar 1. byFro.t advlsing Hr.Tbaaa. to ha_ tha hor ready ....d in .haps.Sa.IIritas "1 _ to ba let out of tt. ...H-" t of tb", ti_ for thecoat"" 0'1 .••1 ....ppo.e Bam.. t. now vith you and t vtII c...out .00'1 ra '1_ getting (tb", circ.... ) ready for tha ......daa·1n ."

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SPALDING I> "OGERS NORTH AKEltlCAN CllQJS OrglU\hed in the IB401al a wagon ahow by Doc Cilbert ... Spalding. They 8110 built theFloating Pal.c., a dot~x. riverboat, where circus perfo~nce.were gtv.n. It wa. towed by a steamboat on the Ohio I> Hi•• i.slppiriver. and was de.troyed by fire at New Albany,lndi.na in 1865.Thil waa the lirat circus to ~se a 40.horse hitch to pull thebandw.gon in circus parade•• The spectacular 40.horse teaa wasalso used by Yankee Robinlon in 1866,Dan Rice In 1873 and Barnu.I> Bailey in \898,1903 and 1904. The driver sat eighty feet behindthe lour·abr••t lead hor.e. and held ten reins in each hand _ onefor each two hor••••The cover .how .... po.c.... rked at "KALAMAZOO Hich JUL 25 1856".

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HAGENBECJl: ilALLACE CIRCr;S named for CarlHa ..en~eck.thllgreat German wild Inilllaltrainer and dealor in wild animals.whocallle to ....m.rica about 1900. (SEE P.T.Barnum'. letter to Hagenbeck 1874 inthis eollection). In 1904 Carl orgll-ized a Wild Ani.al Show and took iton tour in 1905 - 1906 and then soldtho show lind NAME to Ben W.. llilce. Itthen becallle the Hagenbeck WallaceCircus.Eventulllly Wallace soldout, but the circus continued.although it suffered a railroaddisaster when a troop trainra_ed the cirCUli train in 1918.The following y.ar it was soldagain and in 1930itwasacqu-ired by the Ringlings.The1935 shOW was called theHaqenbeck Wallace,o;, ForpaughSelll Bros.Circul. The Ring-lin91 lea led out the 1937-1938 shovi bringing it tothe end.The 1934 shOW vas one ofthe most successfulmodern circusea, out-grossing the Ringlingshow the very year thatthe COVSI:" Ihown on thispage lias used - 1934.ASpecial Delivery viiirailrolld ,See trllnsitmarks on back of cover -....0 ..

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BARNUM" BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. In IBBB Barnum reorganized hillGre"t London Circus, taking James A.Sailey as his partner llnd renllmedthe lIholt BARNUM &. BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. Cover above shovs hovthe PUblicity Departlllent siezed the opportunity to use t.he 2e COLUM-BIAN STAMP to advertize the circus.

RINGLING BROTllERS &. BARNUM &. DAILEY Combined Shows. The Ringling Bro.Circus began at Baraboo, Wisconsin in 18B4 .They bought out B"rnum &.Bailey in 190B,operating it as II seperate showuntil191B when it wascombined as RINGLING BROTHERS ... BARNUM &. BAILEY CIRCUS - THE GREATESTSHOW ON EARTH. By lBBO the day of the ....agon sho.... s was about over. Thecircus had gone on the railroad and the "heyday of the American circus"would last until the early 1830's. By 1956 the day of the great" circustent" shows vas over.In 1957 Ringling Brothers began as an indoor show.

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