Saturday, March 02, 2013

Sun Bros. Circus


The Sun Bros. ( Pete, Gus and George ) owned and operated their circus from 1892 to 1918. Richard Conover was fortunate enough to obtain some of Pete Sun's photographs from 1911. This is just one of the 25 photos from the show and some of the people involved with the Sun Bros. Circus.

This Set of Photos is Set # 200 and can be found at http://www.thecircusworld.com/conover-collection-of-incredible-circus-photos

Photo # and Description


1 Litho 1911

2 Advertising car

3 Advertising car, different year

4 Advertising car, different year

5 Pete Sun on rear of car

6 Lithos, 1911

7 Pole wagon on flats

8 Unloading Pole Wagon

9 Unloading Pole Wagon, different view

10 Unloading baggage wagon

11 Coaches

12 Coach # 9

13 Ticket Wagon

14 Midway

15 Midway scene, different view

16 Band, 1914

17 Lot Scene

18 Lot Scene, different view

19 Pit Show bannerline

20 Sideshow bannerline

21 George Sun & wife

22 Roman Rider

23 McDee sisters, Mona & Victoria

24 Midway scene

25 Marquee

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