Here are some interesting vintage circus photos
George Moore aka The Living Skeleton and Fred Howe aka The Fatman, two circus performers (1897)
Two members of the Bertram Mills Circus walk head-to-head at Hammersmith Broadway in London in 1953.
Circus performer Jimmy Armstrong having a smoke break, 1958.
World’s fattest man in 1890 was large enough to be considered a “freak show” in the circus.
August Sander, Circus Workers, 1926-1932
Serial Killers Convention, 1992, at Circus Circus. This was actually the World Clown Association’s 10th annual International Clown Convention – the convention was held across the blvd at the Riviera, Apr. 22-25, 1992. Photo by Jim Gurzinski.
Louis Nagy, a clown in pink Circus Serenade wardrobe, July 1951. Photo by Sverre Braathen.
Circus people, Germany 1926 (Photo by August Sander).
Balancing act, 1967
Group of circus performers standing on each other’s shoulders, Buff Bill’s Circus, circa 1910. Image Source: Cooper Photographic Collection
