Marilyn Monroe photographed by Ed Feingersh backstage at a benefit performance for The Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation at Madison Square Garden, New York, 1955
Marilyn Monroe at Madison Square Garden for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation, 1955
Circus gals of 1946, Chicago, Illinois photographed by Charles Cushman
Three Burmese women,members of a circus, wear the brass neck and leg rings traditionally worn by Padaung women since childhood and which cannot be removed, New York c. 1930’s
Gooble Gobble, Gooble Gobble………………………. “Freaks” (1932)
Circus performer Millie Kayes swallowing the head of a 12ft python in the bar of the Peggy Bradford hotel, 1952
Marilyn Monroe rides a pink elephant at the Barnum and Bailey Circus Gala For Arthritis and Rheumatism Foundation at Madison Square Garden, 1955
Syd the elephant taking a break between scenes of Billy Rose’s Jumbo, 1962
Helen Reynolds and her World’s Champions skating team was a fixture at both Ringling Bros circuses and on burlesque and theater circuits throughout the 1930’s
