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Circus, Sideshow & Carnival

Thu, May 22, 2025 12:00PM EDT
Lot 339

[TWO HEMISPHERES]. [BAIRD, W. Lo, photographer]. Famous Two...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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[TWO HEMISPHERES]. [BAIRD, W. Lo, photographer]. Famous Two Hemisphere Band Wagon Owned by Iowa Circus and Specially Loaned and Featured in Cole Bros ? Clyde Beatty Circus Parade Des Moines, July 10, 1936. Des Moines, IA, 1936. Black and white panoramic photograph of the famous ?Two Hemispheres" Band Wagon, with a band on board and led by a team of eight Clydesdale horses. Text and credit in plate at lower corners. Approximately 8 x 28". Worn, soiled, several creases, glue residue from display on verso. Fair. A possibly unique photograph of this famous band wagon, designed by Harry Ogden, and built in 1896 for Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey. The original wagon sold at auction in 2016 for $250,000.