Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuIntroductionIntroduction to the book and information about ways to navigate the content.The American Experiment: Circus in ContextCircus performers and American history timelineRouting the Circus: The Things They CarriedCircus Routes Map, 1875-1925Ethnological Congresses and the Spectacleby Rebecca FitzsimmonsOutsiders in Demand: Chinese and Japanese Immigrant Performersby Angela Yon and Mariah WahlShattering Gender Roles: Women in the Circusby Elizabeth HarmanSide Show Sounds: Black Bandleaders Respond to ExoticismAnnexed Circus Musicians by Elizabeth C. HartmanNative Performance and Identity in The Wild West Showby Mariah WahlShowmen's Rests: The Final CurtainCircus Cemetery Plots by Elizabeth C. HartmanList of PerformersPerformers covered in this exhibitBibliography & Further ReadingsBibliography and readings for each chapterAcknowledgementsAngela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
Courier: P.T. Barnum's Illustrated News for Bridgeport, May 3, 1880
1media/BarnumCourier2_thumb.jpg2021-04-08T09:11:39-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249382941Page from a courier showing a typical illustration of "Zulu Warrior" shows.plain2021-04-08T09:11:39-07:00Bridgeport History CenterBridgeport Public LibraryTextAdvertising--CircusEnglishThis work is in the public domain.The Courier CompanyImaging 620170823102646Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249