For those of you who are collectors of vintage circus materials, we have a wonderful old item for you.
Just listed on eBay is a near mint condition copy of Harry P. Bowman’s 1942 booklet entitled “As Told On A Sunday Run”.
The booklet is a compilation of circus shows Bowman was associated with over the years and with a list, with dates, of famous first-time circus events and mishaps. Also an alphabetical listing of circuses and tent shows held during the 19th and 20th centuries. An uncommon, war-time circus book.
The booklet is copyrighted 1942 and reads “The nation is fighting and there is little time out, but relaxation must sometimes relieve grim, determined endeavor.”
This 31 page booklet is in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. It is more than 60 years old. There are no missing pages and the staples in the center are solid with only the very slightest of rust marks.
Here’s an excerpt from the front page:
“This book is a great story – but not in prose. It is a story of the Sawdust Trail, the Ring, the Aerial Artists, the Calliope and Pink Lemonade. But it is a story written entirely between the lines.
To all true followers of the Big Top, “As Told On A Sunday Run” will furnish the names and dates that will arouse memories old and new, conjuring up in the mind’s eye glorious days that were – and are – the history of The Circus.”
I’m Tom Murphy and thanks for helping me give Ephemera the Encore it deserves.
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