Agency through Otherness: Portraits of Performers in Circus Route Books, 1875-1925Main MenuThe 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
12021-01-29T10:57:01-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Engineer: Fred D. Powell (1869-1922)5Biographical Timelineplain2021-04-29T16:53:36-07:001869-1922Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-11T12:24:00-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Soldier: S. P. White (1867-1943)5Biographical Timeline of S. P. White (1867-1943)plain2021-04-29T16:48:20-07:001867-1943Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-01-30T18:42:34-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Macon City Kid: Joe W. Pleasant (1870-)4Biographical Timeline of Joe W. Pleasant (1870-)plain2021-04-29T16:55:07-07:001870-1905Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-03T23:18:24-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Brothers: W. T. (1872-1918) & C. E. (1874-1943) Enix4Biographical Timeline of W. T. Enix (1872-1918) & C. E. Enix (1874-1943)plain2021-04-29T16:56:38-07:001872-1943Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-20T17:19:00-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Big Band: James Wolfscale (~1868-1921)4Biographical timeline for James Wolfscale (circa 1868-1921)plain2021-04-29T16:57:44-07:001868-1921Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-02-09T17:35:17-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Macon Jaybird: J. O. McNutt (1867-1931)4Biographical Timeline of J. O. McNutt (1867-1931)plain2021-04-29T16:50:34-07:001867-1931Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1
12021-03-13T11:33:37-08:00Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1The Firsts: T. S. Roadman (1844-1909) & R. N. Thompson (1858-1936)3Biographical timeline of T. S. Roadman (1844-1909) & R. N. Thompson (1858-1936)plain2021-04-29T16:47:10-07:001844-1936Angela Yon72f2fd7a28c88ceeba2adcf2c04fee469904c6f1