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Box 2

 Container

Contains 25 Results:

Photographs- Carnival or circus performers or employees, circa 1900-1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1, Item: 1-12
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Includes group photograph of Wahlstrom's Band, St. Louis Entertainment Co., in front of the Jubilee Minstrels (Item 1); portrait of tattooed man identified as "Mr. Colman, Greater Susley Shows, 1916" (Item 2); photograph of Billy Dick[?] of Lee Bros Circus (Item 12); and photograph of "Slim of the Martin's merry go round" (Item 10).

Dates: circa 1900-1950

Photographs- Carnival or circus scenes, circa 1900-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2, Item: 1-7
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1900-1940

Photographs- Monkeys, circa 1930-1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3, Item: 1-19
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1930-1950

Photographs- Hoopla game, 1931

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4, Item: 1-2
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

On the recto, Item 2 is labeled as "Jun 16/31 Our 20 ft Hoopla. Put-in-Bay, Ohio. Our 7th year in the park here."

Dates: 1931

Photographs- Shooting galleries, circa 1910-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5, Item: 1-6
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

On the verso, Item 3 is labeled as "Selzer's Arcade and Shooting Gallery. With St. Louis Amusement Co."

Dates: circa 1910-1940

Photographs- High wire/tightrope acts, circa 1910-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6, Item: 1-7
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1910-1940

Photographs- Buildings, 1910, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 7, Item: 1-3
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1910, undated

Photographs- Manhattan Athletic Club, circa 1890-1910

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8, Item: 1-2
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1890-1910

Photographs- People with station wagon, circa 1920-1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9, Item: 1-4
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1920-1950

Photographs- Goat and automobile, circa 1910-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 10, Item: 1-2
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1910-1940

Photographs- George and unidentified women in Arizona desert, circa 1920-1950

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11, Item: 1-3
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1920-1950

Photographs- Doris and Betty, 1931-1933

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12, Item: 1-2
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1931-1933

Photographs- Symes Family, 1945-1956, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 13, Item: 1-9
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Primarily photographs of Linda and Nancy Symes; Harry and Marcia Symes are also pictured

Dates: 1945-1956, undated

Photographs- Mr. and Mrs. Conley and others, circa 1890-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 14, Item: 1-7
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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 1890-1940

Photographs- Home and dog of one of Elizabeth Selzer's nieces or nephews, 1956-1958, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 15, Item: 1-26
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1956-1958, undated

Photographs- Daniel O. Hunt and others, 1927, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 16, Item: 1-16
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Includes self-portrait of photographer Daniel O. Hunt of Seminole, Oklahoma, as well as others; several photographs have stamp of Hunt's Seminole Studio on recto. Others identified are Dr. Donnicker and Polly Graves.

Dates: 1927, undated

Photographs- Children, circa 1920-1930

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 17, Item: 1-9
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Primarily photographs of a young girl also pictured in group photographs in Folder 16; includes photographs of the girl with monkeys and other animals, and with Daniel O. Hunt's automobile.

Dates: circa 1920-1930

Photographs- Bud, David, Tommy, and Michael, 1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 18, Item: 1-4
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1956

Photographs- Kathleen and Willowdeen[?] Driskell and others, 1954-1957

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 19, Item: 1-3
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1954-1957

Photographs- Sylvia, 1951, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 20, Item: 1-3
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

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: 1951, undated

Photographs- People and scenery in the Manistee Valley, 1930, 1956

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 21, Item: 1-6
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Those pictured are Frank Selzer (Item 1), Joey (Item 5), and Mary (Item 6).

Dates: 1930, 1956

Photographs- People, circa 1910-1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 22, Item: 1-14
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Those identified are Harry and Marcie (Item 1); Mrs. Bell [or Bill] Martin (Item 2); "Bill, Marci, Nancy, Harry, Roy, Betty, Moe, George, Doris" (Item 3); "Alvera, Billie baby & Grand Ma Mills Mrs. Mills" (Item 4); Mary Riff[?] (Item 5); "Little John Shusley" (Item 6); Margo, Nettie, Bill Sr., and Bill Jr. (Item 9); Jim[?], Jack, and Honey (Item 11); Leo (Item 12); Eleanor and Billy (Item 13); and Jimmie Carty (Item 14).

Dates: circa 1910-1955

Photographs- People, circa 1890-1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 23, Item: 1-40
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Photographs are primarily unidentified. Those named are "Two Georges - Wives - + old Cow boy at Ray Arizona" (Item 8); "Bill + Betty," "Roy & Doris, me and Ria[?]" (Item 30)

Dates: circa 1890-1955

Photographs- People, circa 1920-1955

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 24, Item: 1-18
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Photographs are primarily unidentified. Item 12, an image of a woman and man with a vehicle, is identified on recto as "September 1930. Our Home. Akron, N.Y. Our vacation for one week after the park closed Labor Day," and may be of Louis and Elizabeth Selzer. All are prints except for Item 10, which is a negative. Item 18 is of a man and woman on the back of a train with signs "Midnight Choo-Choo" and "Alabama Bound."

Dates: circa 1920-1955

Photographs- People, circa 1900-1940

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 25, Item: 1-12
Identifier: MC 2365
Scope and Contents

Unidentified portaits

Dates: circa 1900-1940