In my own research on the history of the 19th-century circus, I spend a lot of time in archives where I regularly come across vintage photos of clowns. Now, I don't consider myself afraid of clowns.

In my own research on the history of the 19th-century circus, I spend a lot of time in archives where I regularly come across vintage photos of clowns. Now, I don't consider myself afraid of clowns.

Probably in the 19th century, Hoyle guessed ... rather it had belonged to “Old Bet,” a locally famous circus elephant that had met a tragic end in Alfred in 1816. The yellowed pages of ...

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In the early 19th century, some circuses also featured a separate tent that contained a “cooch show.” Male patrons were invited, for a fee, to watch women dance and strip. Circus historian ...