Lithograph of aerielists, by Calvert Litho. Co. 1890

goodmemory:

themerryblog:

(via Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves: Lilibet Circus Child)

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(via loieloie)

lostsplendor:

“Erma Ward, a circus trapeze artist, dangles by one hand from a ring high in a circus tent.” (via ephemera assemblyman)

my-little-time-machine:

Beautiful Trick Cyclists c.1891

(via lovelybouquet)

billyjane:

Repetition, from  Trapeze, 1956 Carol Reed film

photo by Raymond Voinquel [also]

from RMN

Adjie and her trained lions, ca. 1899

Tightrope walker, Sarasota, Florida, photographed by Nina Leen, 1949

livelymorgue:

March 1940: Before spring arrived in New York, The Times ran a photo spread of circus performers putting the final polish on their acts in their winter quarters in Sarasota, Fla.  Here, the caption said, “an aerial troupe practices in a treetop setting very different from that of Madison Square Garden or the ‘big top.’ ” Photo: The New York Times

(via coolchicksfromhistory)

inspiredbyothers:

Gaukhar Akhmetova-Atherton of Cirque du Soleil practices her hand-balancing number inside the theater at the Hollywood & Highland center for the Oscars 2012.

(via fuckyeahcircus)