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The Circus is Coming to Town!

The 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured Circus Arts. Enjoy these related objects from across the Smithsonian and learn about American Clowns: Performance, History, and Cliché.

Carpet

Sidewall

Sidewall - sample

Dancer

Calder

Bozo the Clown Thermos

Untitled (Circus in Yokohama)

Emmett Leo Kelly

Emmett Leo Kelly

Bill Irwin

5c American Circus plate proof

Clown

plate

The Big Top, the Great Danbury State Fair, Connecticut

29c Trapeze Artist single

Insignia, Heavier-than-Air Unit U.S.S. Macon, United States Navy

Descente d'Absalon

Trapeze Artists

Circus

29c Clown single

Decorative Design with Clown, Elephant, and Ballerina

Circus

The Circus

Circus Scene

Circus Performer

Circus Girl

Circus Scene

Untitled (Circus Scene)

Barnum & Bailey Circus performers and a show elephant

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