Sells-Floto Wild West Sideshow Opens and the Crowd Grow 1918

Photographer Unknown

$24.99
  • City: Unknown
  • State: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Source: Bodin Collection
  • Approx. Date: 1918
  • Photographer: Unknown

The crowd slowly fills up the performance venue as the Sells-Floto band begins their performance. A young woman on the right side of the stage plays bass drum, her face turned towards the camera, while an elderly man who is dressed in a traditional Scottish kilt plays the bagpipes. As the musicians put on a lively show, a crowd of young boys wander over towards the stage to admire the music. Closest to the stage, however, there is also an older gentleman  who has his left arm propped against the stage as he intensely watches the performance. To his left, a man is monitoring a booth reading "Side Show Museum 25 cents". In the background parallel to the young boys, a big top tent is positioned as the entrance to the main show of the circus.

From the collection of Fred Bodin of Gloucester MA. Fred was a long time resident and well-known photographer of Gloucester and had one of the best private collections of New England nautical photographs in private hands. Fred was a photojournalist having graduated with this degree from Syracuse University and worked for Yankee Magazine. Fred passed away in 2016 and HIP purchased his collection from his estate.
Regular price $24.99
  • City: Unknown
  • State: Unknown
  • Country: United States
  • Source: Bodin Collection
  • Approx. Date: 1918
  • Photographer: Unknown

The crowd slowly fills up the performance venue as the Sells-Floto band begins their performance. A young woman on the right side of the stage plays bass drum, her face turned towards the camera, while an elderly man who is dressed in a traditional Scottish kilt plays the bagpipes. As the musicians put on a lively show, a crowd of young boys wander over towards the stage to admire the music. Closest to the stage, however, there is also an older gentleman  who has his left arm propped against the stage as he intensely watches the performance. To his left, a man is monitoring a booth reading "Side Show Museum 25 cents". In the background parallel to the young boys, a big top tent is positioned as the entrance to the main show of the circus.

From the collection of Fred Bodin of Gloucester MA. Fred was a long time resident and well-known photographer of Gloucester and had one of the best private collections of New England nautical photographs in private hands. Fred was a photojournalist having graduated with this degree from Syracuse University and worked for Yankee Magazine. Fred passed away in 2016 and HIP purchased his collection from his estate.