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LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN!!! A VISIT TO CIRCUS 'LUIKERWALO' After the pause....... |
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One of the acrobats
comes a cropper. The audience shouts and roars. Is it real or is it a
joke? We'll never know. The clowns come in playing leap-frog and make
some animals jump through a hoop. The show must go on! Tataratatatatada tada tatatataratatata tada...... Slide series made in Germany by Johan Falk. |
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 A big clap for tonight's performers. |
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 This mechanical slide is hand painted in great detail with original maker's stamp from A. D. Handy 17 Bromfield St., Boston. C. 1875. Size: 7" x 4" (18 x 10 cm). |
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Charming Miss Blondini performs feats of
balancing on a tightrope. People hold their breath. |
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 A superb mechanical magic lantern slide from c. 1880 with three hand-painted glasses. The frame is made of mahogany and the glass slides are set within a large brass ring. The crank is made of brass and wood. When the crank is rotated the acrobat shows his stunts. |
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Our famous acrobat Mr. Leo
Tardt is risking his neck while jumping, tumbling, and balancing on the flying trapeze. |
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 And then his son Ricardo has to perform his tricks. This outstanding wood frame mechanical magic lantern slide measures approx. 4 1/4" x 1 7/8" (11 x 5 cm) overall with the central glass slide area being approx. 1 1/4" (3 cm) in diameter. When the handle is turned a trapeze performer rotates on a swing. This smaller size mechanical slide was produced for a children’s toy magic lantern and is very similar to those slides pictured in Bing Toy Catalogs from around the turn of the century. |
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Equestrians riding
wild horses, clowns making us laugh, horse dressage that compels admiration. That is Circus! Oblong glass magic lantern slide made by Ernst Plank (E.P.) |
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 Single slipping slide made by Cox, 26 Ludgade Hill, London. The frame measures 7 x 4 inches. |
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Today our elephant Jumbo is in a bad mood. In stead of obeying
his attendant he picks up the poor man in his trunk and swings him in the air far above his head. |
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Chinese acrobats.
Whoops-a-daisy! |
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 Mahogany framed slipping slide. The frame is stamped with the name of the maker H. Lewis Dissolving View Artist 35 Broad Street Reading. It measures 7 x 4.5 inches (17.5 x 11.5 cm). Can you beat that? |
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| Yes I can ! | And so do I ! | Sepulchral voice: So... do... I...... |
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The show goes on...... Many artists are waiting to do their tricks. Glass strip, manufacturer unknown. |
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Lord George Sanger's Circus comes to town..... |
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| "Lord" George Sanger (23 December 1825– 28 November 1911) was an English showman and circus proprietor. Born to a showman father, he grew up working in travelling peep shows. He successfully ran shows and circuses throughout much of the nineteenth century with his brother John. He retired in 1905 and was murdered by an employee in 1911. | |||
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| Two funny square magic lantern slides depicting circus clowns. 'Mr Clown and his Friends at the Zoo' made by W.C. Hughes, London, and 'How Little Billy did the Trick' made by York & Son, England. | |
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More Circus slides..... |
 
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