Step right up to one segment of our Ephemera Collection...It is the gaudy and wonderful world of Circus Ephemera. This material consists of 19th century show pieces for a number of circuses of that period.

There are trade cards, period photographs and images from a color lithographed book promoting the J.B. Jefferson, Klaw and Erlanger Country Circus.

Click on the images below to see some nifty examples of 19th century circus advertising: