Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of an elevated view of a circus parade with horse-drawn circus wagons carrying gold statues of nursery-rhyme characters surrounded by spectators, and a circus tent in the background.
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Image of a male animal trainer with ten bears performing various acts including roller skating, bicycling, playing musical instruments, stilt walking, tightrope walking, and dancing under a circus tent.
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Image of a large circus tent with spectators viewing a menagerie of zoo animals in caged circus wagons and behind fences in a central arena; caged animals include seals, lions, tigers, polar bears, monkeys, and a tapir; the fenced animals include giraffes, elephants, a rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, gorillas, ostriches, antelope, bison, zebras, deer, and camels; center cage is labeled "Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the Great"'; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at bottom right.
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Image of circus animals including elephants, zebras, horses, llamas, and camels being unloaded from rows of circus trains; the rear of one car is labeled "Robbins Bros. Circus."
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Image of a tented circus arena with spectators viewing Asian and African performers who form the "Grand Ethnological Congress," with models of native housing structures and flags labeled "Sikhs" and "Singalese," and zoo animals in circus wagons on the perimeter; animals include elephants, camels, cows, including one cow with a third eye and miniature zebu cows with humps, horses, zebras, bison, and alpacas.
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Image of circus animals including elephants, zebras, horses, llamas, and camels being unloaded from rows of circus trains; date sheet for a June 18, [1936], show promoting "Ken Maynard's Wild West" in New London, Connecticut, pasted below image; the rear of one car is labeled "Cole Bros. Circus."
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