Wallace Circus parade, moving west on Court Street towards Main Street, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1898.
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- 1898-06-06
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Image Description: Black and white image of the circus wagons being pulled by horses in a parade traveling west on Court Street between Church and Main streets. There are many unidentified spectators watching the parade. Richland Center, Wisconsin: Richland Rustic, 4 Jun 1898, p. 2, c. 5-6: “COMING! to Richland Center on Monday, June 6th THE GREAT Wallace Shows The Greatest, Grandest and the Best of America’s Big Tented Enterprises! Honorably Conducted, Honestly Advertised. Lofty in Conception, Regal in Equipment. Omnipotent in Strength, Ideal in Character, Splendid in Organization, Magnificent in Presentation. The Purest, Cleanest, Mightiest and Most Magnificent Amusement Institution of the 19th Century! CAPITAL - $3,000,000.00 1,000 Features! 100 Phenomenal Acts! 25 Clowns! 20 Hurricane Races 4 Trains! 1,500 Employees! 6 Bands! 50 Cages! a Drove of Camels! 15 Open Dens! a Herd of Elephants! $4,000.00 Daily Expense! The greatest Performers in the known world are with the Great Walla
- Creator
Parfrey, Charles Albert (1877-1951)
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Richland County History Room
- Collection
- Circus; Street Scenes; Brandt family; Cleveland family; Wallace family;
Brewer Public Library; - Subjects
- Brandt, William
Cleveland
Wallace
Unidentified
Court Street
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Parades & processions
Buildings
Stores & shops
Glass negatives
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- This work by Richland County History Room, Richland Center Wisconsin is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
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- Parfrey, Charles Albert (1877-1951). Wallace Circus parade, moving west on Court Street towards Main Street, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1898.. 1898-06-06. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9384. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Parfrey, Charles Albert (1877-1951), (1898-06-06) Wallace Circus parade, moving west on Court Street towards Main Street, Richland Center, Wisconsin, 1898.. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9384
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- Parfrey, Charles Albert (1877-1951). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/rchr/id/9384>.