Potter & Potter Auctions
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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Sat, Jul 29, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 363

Travel photo album of the Carl Hagenbeck Circus-Zoo. V.p., ...

Estimate: $600 - $900

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Travel photo album of the Carl Hagenbeck Circus-Zoo. V.p., principally 1933?4. Album of 32 photographs, owned and kept by Herbert Hagenbeck (1911?1941), grandson of Carl Hagenbeck, documenting the company?s far-flung travel from Cairo, India, and other locations. Nearly all images annotated on verso by Hagenbeck, and two signed; some with Hagenbeck Tierpark hand-stamps. Includes images of animals such as tigers and horses; unloading Hagenbeck wagons on and off docks and boats; Hagenbeck circus tents; animal processions; and travel scenes. Sizes vary, largest 9 x 7?. Neatly stored in a later album.