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
Panorama of Barnum's Roman Hippodrome and Grand Procession of Congress of Nations
1media/51B0B906-887D-4407-A2F8-0B7F405BA767_thumb.jpeg2021-03-31T05:35:47-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249382941Booklet entitled Panorama of Barnum's Roman Hippodrome and Grand Procession of Congress of Nations. Published in 1874, it features the adventures a man named Mr. Podger as he visits P.T. Barnum's Roman Hippodrome in New York City. Each page features an elaborate illustration paired with a caption. It begins with Podger fulfilling his promise that if he was ever in New York, he would visit Barnum's. He is immediately then grabbed by two monkeys, manages to trip over Admiral Dot (Leopold Khan), goes out to see the sea lions only to be splashed, goes out to have a drink from his flask only to be joined by a monkey who then steals his hat and umbrella, tries to ask a wax figure for directions, has something go up his leg, gets scared by a lion, sees animals and cages and wonders what it would be like if roles were reversed, is picked up by an elephant, and attacked by a turtle, all before he meets P.T. Barnum. The book ends with Podger walking off into the rain with his broken umbrella, and includes a post-script featuring Mr. Podger dreaming of all the animals he saw earlier in the day. Also included is a large pull out of the congress of nations itself, with various chariots associated with countries being pulled by appropriate animals to represent those same countries: such as Lapland's carriage being pulled by reindeer. This kind of booklet was likely a souvenir.plain2021-03-31T05:35:47-07:00Rebecca Fitzsimmons776fc8f5a4c40ba6b2ce5ef275d03821c12e0249