ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY EDWARD J. KELTY (AMERICAN, 1888-1967) OF THE FIVE GRACES BANDWAGON. THE FIVE GRACES IS ONE OF THE OLDES AND MOST WIDELY TRAVELED OF ALL CIRCUS WAGONS. WEIGHING OVER 8 TONS, THE WAGON WAS PULLED BY FORTY-HORSE HITCH. THE FIVE CARVED FIGURES REPRESENT COLUMBIA, FLANKED BY THE FOUR SEASONS, HOWVER, CIRCUS WORKERS DUBBED IT THE FIVE GRACES. ORIGINALLY BUILT BY FIELDING BROS. COMPANY FOR THE ADAM FOREPAUGH CIRCUS, THE BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS USED IT AS THE NUMBER ONE BANDWAGON DURING THE EUROPEAN TOUR, 1898-1902. THE WAGON WAS LAST USED ON THE RINGLING SHOW IN 1945, ALICE IN WONDERLAND SPEC. HAND-WRITTEN NOTATION OBVERSE LOWER MARGIN, DRAWING/SCHEMATIC ON VERSO, STAMP ON VERSO. APPROXIMATELY 11"X19"

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