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Guide to the California Circus Photographs, 1945-1955
PA Mss 67
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Title: California circus photographs, 1945-1955
Dates: 1945-1955
Collection number: PA Mss 67
Collection Size:
3 boxes
2 linear feet
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection consists of photographic negatives of California circuses from 1945 to 1955, including the Clyde Beatty, Bell
Brothers, Biller Brothers and Yankee Paterson Circuses.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
None.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
California circus photographs, 1945-1955. PA Mss 67, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of
California, Santa Barbara.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection consists of photographic negatives of California circuses from 1945 to 1955, including the Clyde Beatty, Bell
Brothers, Biller Brothers and Yankee Paterson Circuses.
The Clyde Beatty circus, among the largest of its time, is also the best represented in this collection. Its owner and namesake
was the star act, performing with the wild animals in the ring. Beatty worked with many circuses, frequently headlining and
co-managing, and appeared in a number of movies, often as himself.
Many of the images portray circus vehicles and grounds and some show animals backstage. The collection is organized into
sections associated with dates and particular circuses, and the accompanying labels are in English.
The collection is organized into sections associated with dates and particular circuses.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Circus -- United States
Clyde Beatty Circus
Photographs