Sawdust and Spangles

By the end of 1916, the remaining Gentry Bros. were in financial difficulties and sold the show to two of their staff, J. D. Newman and Ben...

The title using Gentry Bros. Circus was not one used by the Gentry Bros. I can not speak with absolute certainty here but I believe the Uni...

The Gentry Bros. began their operation in 1887 as Professor Gentry's Canine Paradox. In a couple years the show had grown to two seperat...

This is glued on a piece of paper. I suspect it is a cover off of the Circus Historical Society periodical the Bandwagon but I'm not su...

Used in 1911.

From 1912.

Used in 1912.

This one is dated 1918.

This is the cover of the 1911 route book as printed in its entirety in this fabulous book by Judge Gollmar . The Gollmars as every one kn...

This is the oldest letterhead from Gollmars that I have. It didn't scan worth a hoot. It is very brittle. It is like the old 1st grade ...

This is a color copy of the original letterhead I have. Unfortunately the white paper on the white background wouldn't show up.

Well, I hope everyone was able to avoid the long lines and pushy crowds with those Christmas in July sales. We saw three Christmas movies th...

Found in Fairbury, Nebraska - 1910.

Fairbury, Nebraska - 1912. The town had already had a tremendous amount of Circus excitement when the home town heroes, the Campbell Bros. G...

From Fairbury, Nebraska - 1912.

These aren't the best in the world I know. I took them all off of microfilm but they all display an inherent beauty to the artwork that ...

In order to celebrate all the Huge, Huge Christmas in July sales going on now, I thought I should get out there and direct traffic to keep t...

Can you imagine working for $9.35 a week?