Ink From A Circus Press Agent

Author : Charles H. Day
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809513024

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Ink from a Circus Press Agent by Charles H. Day Pdf

One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty was to act as "an umpire between the show and the newspapers," and promote his company's greatness in order to generate public interest in advance of the performances. Charles H. Day, one of the leading "puffers" of his time, was particularly active between 1872-87, but unlike many of his colleagues, was also published widely in the entertainment newspapers and magazines. William L. Slout has collected together the best of Day's colorful and evocative essays of 19th-century circus life, and has also added a helpful Circus Personnel Reference Roster, notes, and detailed index.

Author : Charles H. Day
Publisher : Millefleurs
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Circus
ISBN : 0809503026

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Ink from a Circus Press Agent by Charles H. Day Pdf

One of the most colorful breed of men in 19th-century circusdom was the press agent, whose duty was to act as "an umpire between the show and the newspapers," and promote his company's greatness in order to generate public interest in advance of the performances. Charles H. Day, one of the leading "puffers" of his time, was particularly active between 1872-87, but unlike many of his colleagues, was also published widely in the entertainment newspapers and magazines. William L. Slout has collected together the best of Day's colorful and evocative essays of 19th-century circus life, and has also added a helpful Circus Personnel Reference Roster, notes, and detailed index.

Author : Micah D. Childress
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781621903956

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Circus Life by Micah D. Childress Pdf

The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new incentives that rapid industrialization made possible. The circus has long been a subject of fascination for many, as evidenced by the millions of Americans that have attended circus performances over many decades since 1870, when the circus established itself as a truly unique entertainment enterprise. Yet the few analyses of the circus that do exist have only examined the circus as its own closed microcosm—the “circus family.” Circus Life, on the other hand, places circus employees in the larger context of the history of US workers and corporate America. Focusing on the circus as a business-entertainment venture, Childress pushes the scholarship on circuses to new depths, examining the performers, managers, and laborers’ lives and how the circus evolved as it grew in popularity over time. Beginning with circuses in the antebellum era, Childress examines changes in circuses as gender balances shifted, industrialization influenced the nature of shows, and customers and crowds became increasingly more middle-class. As a study in sport and social history, Childress’s account demonstrates how the itinerant nature of the circus drew specific types of workers and performers, and how the circus was internally in constant upheaval due to the changing profile of its patrons and a changing economy. MICAH D. CHILDRESS received his PhD in history from Purdue University and currently works as a Realtor® in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His articles have appeared in Popular Entertainment Studies and American Studies.

Author : Gene Plowden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039916395

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Circus Press Agent by Gene Plowden Pdf

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781434437600

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En Route to the Great Eastern Circus and Other Essays on Circus History by William L. Slout Pdf

William L. Slout, entertainment historian par excellence, here provides five fascinating essays on the development of the American traveling circus in the post-Civil War era: "En Route to the Great Eastern Circus" (on the creation of this great show); "The Great Eastern Circus of 1872" (more details about one of P. T. Barnum's rivals); "The Not-So-Great Trans-Atlantic Circus and Menagerie" (how a show failed suddenly in a yellow fever epidemic); "What Goes Up...Comes Down" (how balloning became part of the circus environment); and "The Chicken or the Egg?" (on the first development of the double-ring act pioneered by Barnum and others). These vivid essays, highlighted by numerous contemporaneous excerpts from local newspapers, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Advertising
ISBN : MINN:319510013506814

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Printers' Ink by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1078 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Advertising
ISBN : PSU:000066994961

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Printers' Ink; the ... Magazine of Advertising, Management and Sales by Anonim Pdf

Author : Conrade C. Hinds
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781439666418

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Lost Circuses of Ohio by Conrade C. Hinds Pdf

The nineteenth century was the golden age of the circus in Ohio. Before the Ringling brothers became synonymous with the American circus, Cincinnati's John Robinson and the Sells brothers of Columbus wowed audiences with stunning equestrian feats and aerial exploits. For good measure, the Sells brothers threw in a sharpshooting show with a young Ohio woman by the name of Annie Oakley. The Walter L. Main Circus of Geneva and a number of smaller shows presented their own unique spectacles with exotic animals and daring acrobats. But for all the fun and games, Ohio's circus industry was serious business. As competition intensified, advertising wars erupted and acquisitions began. Eventually, Ringling Brothers swallowed many of these circuses one by one, and they dropped out of memory. Author Conrade C. Hinds brings this fascinating piece of Ohio show business back into the spotlight.

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781434449382

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From Rags to Ricketts and Other Essays on Circus History by William L. Slout Pdf

William L. Slout, circus historian par excellence, here provides six essays on the development of the American circus. "From Rags to Ricketts: The Roots of Circus in Early Gotham" looks at the beginnings of circus entertainment in old New York City during the eighteenth century. "The Great Roman Hippodrome of 1874: P. T. Barnum's 'Crowning Effort'" describes the great showman's grand experiment: the collection and display in the Big Apple of the "largest collection of living wild animals in the world." "The Recycling of the Dan Rice Paris Pavilion Circus" tells the story of an American circus entrepreneur who took his traveling show to Europe in 1867. "Strange Bedfellows: The Pogey O'Brien Interval, 1874-1875" relates how O'Brien partnered with P. T. Barnum to take the circus master's show on the road while Barnum was creating his "Great Roman Hippodrome." "Two Rings and a Hippodrome Track" demonstrates that the first two-ring circus mounted by Barnum (or anyone else) occurred in 1873, and not 1872, as previously supposed. Finally, "The Adventures of James M. Nixon, Forgotten Impresario," describes the career of a major circus manager who worked between the 1843-75, directly competing with Barnum for the same audience--and eventually losing the struggle. Slout’s vivid accounts, highlighted by contemporaneous newspaper accounts of the excitement generated locally by these traveling shows, help bring a long-forgotten era alive again.

Author : Janet M. Davis
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780807861493

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The Circus Age by Janet M. Davis Pdf

A century ago, daily life ground to a halt when the circus rolled into town. Across America, banks closed, schools canceled classes, farmers left their fields, and factories shut down so that everyone could go to the show. In this entertaining and provocative book, Janet Davis links the flowering of the early-twentieth-century American railroad circus to such broader historical developments as the rise of big business, the breakdown of separate spheres for men and women, and the genesis of the United States' overseas empire. In the process, she casts the circus as a powerful force in consolidating the nation's identity as a modern industrial society and world power. Davis explores the multiple "shows" that took place under the big top, from scripted performances to exhibitions of laborers assembling and tearing down tents to impromptu spectacles of audiences brawling, acrobats falling, and animals rampaging. Turning Victorian notions of gender, race, and nationhood topsy-turvy, the circus brought its vision of a rapidly changing world to spectators--rural as well as urban--across the nation. Even today, Davis contends, the influence of the circus continues to resonate in popular representations of gender, race, and the wider world.

Author : Carolyn M. Bowers,Linda A. Fisher
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806185576

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Agnes Lake Hickok by Carolyn M. Bowers,Linda A. Fisher Pdf

The first woman in America to own and operate a circus, Agnes Lake spent thirty years under the Big Top before becoming the wife of Wild Bill Hickok—a mere five months before he was killed. Although books abound on the famous lawman, Agnes’s life has remained obscured by circus myth and legend. Linda A. Fisher and Carrie Bowers have written the first biography of this colorful but little-known circus performer. Agnes originally found fame as a slack-wire walker and horseback rider, and later as an animal trainer. Her circus career spanned more than four decades. Following the murder of her first husband, Bill Lake, she was the sole manager of the “Hippo-Olympiad and Mammoth Circus.” While taking her show to Abilene, she met town marshal Hickok and five years later she married him. After Hickok’s death, Agnes traveled with P. T. Barnum and Buffalo Bill Cody, and managed her daughter Emma Lake’s successful equestrian career. This account of a remarkable life cuts through fictions about Agnes’s life, including her own embellishments, to uncover her true story. Numerous illustrations, including rare photographs and circus memorabilia, bring Agnes’s world to life.

Author : Joe Blackburn,Charles H. Day,William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780809513079

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Joe Blackburn's a Clown's Log by Joe Blackburn,Charles H. Day,William L. Slout Pdf

Joseph Blackburn, a clown who juggled on horseback, took a professional trip to England in 1838, accompanied by the noted American vaulter and bareback rider, Levi J. North. His account of their experiences abroad encompasses activity with the circuses of

Author : William L, Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780893700133

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A Royal Coupling by William L, Slout Pdf

James A. Bailey and P. T. Barnum first joined forces to produce a double show in 1881--a royal coupling--inaugurating the "Golden Age" of the American circus. This book details some of the activity leading up to that notable landmark in amusement history, particularly during the decade of 1871-81. Complete with notes, bibliography, index, and contemporaneous illustrations.

Author : William L. Slout
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781434411525

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The Burial of Alma by William L. Slout Pdf

This modern comedy highlights the clash between Denver Littlefield, a history professor at a California University, and his actress wife, Sarah Coleman, whose sudden surge in popularity after being cast in a popular soap opera threatens to swamp her husband's image and career.

Author : Sinah Theres Kloß
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000707984

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Tattoo Histories by Sinah Theres Kloß Pdf

Tattoo Histories is an edited volume which analyses and discusses the relevance of tattooing in the socio-cultural construction of bodies, boundaries, and identities, among both individuals and groups. Its interdisciplinary approach facilitates historical as well as contemporary perspectives. Rather than presenting a universal, essentialized history of tattooing, the volume’s objective is to focus on the entangled and transcultural histories, narratives, and practices related to tattoos. Contributions stem from various fields, including Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Linguistics, Media and Literary Studies, Social and Cultural Anthropology, and Sociology. They advance the current endeavour on the part of tattoo scholars to challenge Eurocentric and North American biases prevalent in much of tattoo research, by including various analyses based in locations such as Malaysia, Israel, East Africa, and India. The thematic focus is on the transformative capacity of tattoos and tattooing, with regard to the social construction of bodies and subjectivity; the (re-)creation of social relationships through the definition of (non-)tattooed others; the formation and consolidation of group identities, traditions, and authenticity; and the conceptualization of art and its relevance to tattoo artist–tattooee relations.