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Lisette Model - At the Circus, 1945.
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Lisette Model - At the Circus, 1945.

    • #Lisette Model
    • #Photography
    • #Circus
    • #1940s
    • #Shadow
    • #Acrobat
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Marcelle Vallet - [Trapézistes], 1959.
… via the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
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Marcelle Vallet - [Trapézistes], 1959.

… via the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon

    • #Marcelle Vallet
    • #Photography
    • #Circus
    • #Trapeze
    • #1950s
    • #France
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Acrobates. (Photographer uncredited, n.d.)
… via Ader Nordmann
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Acrobates. (Photographer uncredited, n.d.)

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    • #Acrobats
    • #Circus
    • #Unknown
    • #Photography
    • #Chiaroscuro
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Marcel Bovis - Equilibriste du cirque Médrano, 1933.
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Marcel Bovis - Equilibriste du cirque Médrano, 1933.

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    • #Marcel Bovis
    • #Photography
    • #Circus
    • #Shadow
    • #1930s
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Henri Thomas - Danseuse de corde, c1913.
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Henri Thomas - Danseuse de corde, c1913.

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    • #Henri Thomas
    • #Henri Joseph Thomas
    • #Painting
    • #Oil on Canvas
    • #Circus
    • #Tightrope
    • #Umbrella
    • #1910s
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Alexandre Rodtchenko - Au cirque, 1938.
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Alexandre Rodtchenko - Au cirque, 1938.

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    • #Alexandre Rodtchenko
    • #Alexander Rodchenko
    • #Photography
    • #1930s
    • #Circus
    • #Seal
    • #Clown
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Erich Einhorn - Circus dancer, 1958.
… printed in the 1960s … via rainworld*finearts
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Erich Einhorn - Circus dancer, 1958.

… printed in the 1960s … via rainworld*finearts

    • #Erich Einhorn
    • #Photography
    • #1950s
    • #Circus
    • #Czech
    • #Acrobat
  • 6 months ago
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H.A. Atwell - Circus Acrobats, c.1920s.
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H.A. Atwell - Circus Acrobats, c.1920s.

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Elizabeth Ernst - The Amazing Mamelle Sisters, 2005.
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Elizabeth Ernst - The Amazing Mamelle Sisters, 2005.

    • #Elizabeth Ernst
    • #Circus
    • #Carnival
    • #Freak Show
    • #Pop Surrealism
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Weegee (Arthur Fellig) - Woman Shot from Cannon, New York, 1943.
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Weegee (Arthur Fellig) - Woman Shot from Cannon, New York, 1943.

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    • #Weegee
    • #Arthur Fellig
    • #Cannon
    • #Circus
    • #New York
    • #1940s
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Les Monbars (Mains en Mains), n.d.
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Les Monbars (Mains en Mains), n.d.

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    • #Circus
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    • #Vintage
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Troupe Frédériks (échelles aériennes animées), n.d. 
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Troupe Frédériks (échelles aériennes animées), n.d. 

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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Alvira, n.d.
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Alvira, n.d.

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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Les Gasih (Equilibristes), n.d.
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Gustave Soury (1884-1966) - Les Gasih (Equilibristes), n.d.

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