Circus

Accession number X2011.4.11327

Unique identifier MN1131087

Description Photographs of circus performers and animals behind the scenes at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Depicts animal trainers with elephants, monkeys, and leopards; acrobats, tightrope walkers, and dancers rehearsing and performing; portraits of various men and women; shots of audiences watching the acts; and circus employees dining, playing, and socializing backstage. Date of assignment March 1948. Around 50% of negatives are overexposed. Negative frames: 491, Contact print frames: 39
Labeling starts at 7 instead of 1; because this assignment is Kubrick and the record in Museum Plus is at item level, images were not relabeled at cataloging.

Dated 1948

Object Type contact sheet, negative (photographic)

Physical dimensions Object Dimensions 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in: Object Dimensions 1 1/2 x 9 in: Object Dimensions 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in: Object Dimensions 4 x 5 in: Object Dimensions 3 x 4 in: Object Dimensions 1 x 1 1/2 in

Medium acetate negative, contact print

File dimensions 14.4 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
36.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows

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