Photo
February 29, 2012
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yeoldenews: I’ve come across pretty much every imaginable cause of death while researching, but this was a first. (source: Consular Report of the Death of an American Citizen dated October 27, 1928.) ETA: Got curious and tracked down a newspaper report of the incident. Ouch.

yeoldenews:

I’ve come across pretty much every imaginable cause of death while researching, but this was a first.

(source: Consular Report of the Death of an American Citizen dated October 27, 1928.)

ETA: Got curious and tracked down a newspaper report of the incident. Ouch.

Tags: circus

Photo
January 25, 2012
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fuck-yeah-cirque: billyjane: Repetition, from  Trapeze, 1956 Carol Reed film photo by Raymond Voinquel [also] from RMN

fuck-yeah-cirque:

billyjane:

Repetition, from  Trapeze, 1956 Carol Reed film

photo by Raymond Voinquel [also]

from RMN

Tags: circus

Photoset
January 05, 2012
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Posters from the Cirque d’Hiver, c. 1880-1900.

Tags: circus vintage cirque d'hiver the last one looks sort of like a nightmare but the rest are very effective!

Photo
September 07, 2011
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Wherever this show is, I want to travel there posthaste.

Wherever this show is, I want to travel there posthaste.

(Source: bruiseoftheweek)

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