Vintage Circus Photos from Wisconsin Historical SocietyImage 1:  Rose Dockrill of Delavan, Wisc

Vintage Circus PhotosfromWisconsin Historical Society

Image 1: Rose Dockrill of Delavan, Wisconsin. A female circus performer described as “a swell artist and fine looker and dresser.”

Image 2 & 3:  Jennie Rooney, a trapeze artist and performer in the Ringling Brothers Circus pageants, as photographed by Ephraim Burt Trimpey. 1930 ca.