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- Notes:
- Man in a wheelchair with a woman beside him at the Shriners' Circus, also shown is a monkey and elephants.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Note with card by David Caterino: "There was a circus in Lansing at this time. The newspapers did not mention the names of any of the performers. Is she one of them?"
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Photograph of Washington and Michigan Avenues, Lansing, on the occasion of a circus parade. Note observers on rooftops. The Bank building is visible at the corner of South Washington, and next door at 103 are the Woodbury boot and shoe store, and J. H. Moores' timber and land offices on the second floor. Three copies.
- Date Created:
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Elephants exiting a railroad box car before an unidentified circus or parade, sometime around 1900.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- Guest speaker Jim Fry speaks about his ancestor J. E. Warner, who was well known regionally for his traveling circus in the 19th century and served as mayor of Lansing in 1878, at the Turner-Dodge House and Heritage Center.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Meet Your City Video Series
- Description:
- Photo of Joseph E. Warner, Warner joined the Spalding and Rogers North American Circus in 1853 and was involved in the circus busineess at least until 1887. He served as Mayor of Lansing for one year, 1878. He was born in New York state in 1832 and came to Michigan with his family at the age of four. He died on May 21, 1914.
- Date Created:
- 1878-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Edmonds Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A group of men making a "human tower" during an undentified circus or traveling show. The state capitol is visible in the background.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Local History Photograph Collection
- Description:
- A fancy horse-drawn carriage full of white poodles, labeled "Prof. Gentry's Famous Dog & Pony Show." The show, based in Indiana, made appearances in Lansing in the 1890s and early 1900s. Charles H. Davis of Lansing was once the general manager of the company. There is significant damage to the emulsion.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ellison Glass Negative Collection
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino MAC Postcard Collection
