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[Rear Entrance of Bookmobile]

Description: Photograph of the rear entrance of the Bookmobile. One woman is standing in the Bookmobile. A man wearing a suit and hat and a woman wearing a dress, flower corsage, and hat are sitting in the doorway of the Bookmobile.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Postcard of Women on a Suspended Rope]

Description: Postcard image with the text label at upper-left: "A Feature Scene from the Gainesville Community Circus. The Only Show of its Kind in the World." In the image, a horizontal rope is suspended from a post by six vertical ropes connected by hooks. Seven women are standing in between the vertical ropes, looking down and waving. They are all wearing pink costumes with short-sleeved tops and skirts over shorts. The woman at the far right of the line is holding onto the top of a rope ladder and … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Postcard of Performing Circus Horse]

Description: Postcard of an image featuring a white horse rearing on its hind legs at left, while a man standing at the right holds the lead rope and also seems to be gesturing with a pole. The horse has a decorative red halter and bands across its back with the number "1" as well as a white plumed feather on top of its head. The man is wearing a blue long-sleeved shirt and pants with yellow decorations as well as a short red cape. A second man is partially visible in the background at left, next to a l… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Cooke County Library

The Gainesville Community Circus

Description: An essay describing the history of the Gainesville Community Circus, including the highs and lows of their success. It includes a bibliography and a list of performances from 1930-1954.
Date: March 3, 1978
Creator: Koon, Colin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Postcard of Performers Posing with Elephant]

Description: Postcard featuring a child riding an elephant wearing a decorative halter and posing with its right foot on a stool and its left leg raised in the air. A woman standing to the left is posing with her right leg bent and lifted up and is holding a hook under the elephant's head. The woman, the child, and another woman in the background are all wearing costumes that include loose, sheer pants and cropped tops with capped sleeves. A man standing just behind the elephant at right is wearing loose… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Postcard of Circus Performers with Horses]

Description: Postcard featuring seven circus performers in costume posing in a group with two dark-colored horses. A man wearing clown make-up is seated cross-legged directly in front of a man wearing blue-and-gold pants with a red tailed coat who is standing between the two horses. Two women are standing to the right of the horses and two are standing to the left; they are all wearing costumes in various colors that include cropped tops with long, loose sleeves and short ruffled skirts. A third man is s… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Cooke County Library

Twelve Years of Trouping: Routes, Personnel, Programs and a Brief History of the Internationally Famous Gainesville Community Circus, 1930-1941

Description: Book providing a brief overview of the Gainesville Community Circus along with a chronological list of information for 1930-1941. For each year it lists all of the people involved, the official program and the route taken by the circus, along with photos and additional notes, when relevant.
Date: 1944
Creator: Smith, Alex Morton
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Cooke County Library

The Cattleman, Volume 27, Number 9, February 1941

Description: Monthly publication of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association containing reports and information about the activities of the organization, articles on topics related to ranching and general agriculture, notices about auctions, sales, and awards for cattle and livestock, and other information of interest to members, along with extensive advertising. This issue includes a brief article describing the Gainesville Community Circus (p. 22).
Date: February 1941
Creator: Texas Hereford Association
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Cooke County Library

[Letter from George Morris to Carrie Hudspeth - April 5, 1960]

Description: Letter from George Morris to Carrie Hudspeth asking on behalf of Clarence Leonard to add the Durant Pictoral History of Circus to the collection at Cooke County Library, since the topic is relevant to local interest. It is typed on letterhead for the Gainesville Community Circus, which includes an images of a posing elephant in the upper-left corner and an illustration of people attending a circus with several tents drawing in red along the bottom of the page.
Date: April 5, 1960
Creator: Morris, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Cooke County Library
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