Skip to main content

Selzer, Louis W., 1873-1955

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Louis and Elizabeth Selzer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of the personal papers, primarily photographs and correspondence, of Louis and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Selzer, a couple involved with traveling circuses and carnivals in the American South and Midwest.

Other materials include financial records and ephemera. Photographs are primarily of people, many of whom are not identified; other photographs document circus and carnival performers and scenes, including the Selzers' shooting gallery and trained monkeys.

Dates: circa 1890-1963