Forepaugh-Sells Brother's Circus

Description:

Black and white photograph of a large crowd outside the tent surrounding the Forepaugh-Sells Brother's Circus. The sign over the tent entrance advertises for "Giant Egyptians," "The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brother's Mastodonic Out-Side Exhibition," and the "P.G. Lowery's Georgia Minstrels." Perry G. Lowery was a cornet player that formed the P.G. Lowery's Famous Concert Band and Vaudeville Company and is credited with being the first African American musician to put his act in a circus. He performed and led this vaudeville group for the Forepaugh-Sells Brother's Circus from 1904 to 1905.

• Title: Forepaugh-Sells Brother's Circus
• Photographer: Paine, Morton Brailsford, 1883-1940
• Date: c. 1905

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• Collection: Photograph Collection
• Object Name: Morton Brailsford Paine Photographs
• Object Id: MK 18318

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