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Black and white print. Depicts a group of circus performers standing together for a group picture outside of a trailer. A handwritten caption for the photo reads as follows:

Our Stage Show for 1956, 1957, 1958 [and] 1959. This is mostly all a family show.

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Color print. Depicts two white people riding a small red and gold chariot.

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Black and white print. Depicts a two-wheel chariot. A handwritten caption for the image reads as follows:

I Just finished this, it's Red [and] Gold.

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Color print. Depicts a four-wheeled, wooden wagon. A handwritten caption for the image reads as follows:

I still have this wagon. A calliope wagon. Red [and] gold [and] Sunburns wheels.

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Black and white print. Depicts a stagecoach drawn by two equine animals being driven by a white man holding the reins in the western style. A handwritten note below the photo reads as follows:

(Mr. Albert thinking) make all his wagons. All Carvings are of soft pine. It took 2000 hours to carve this coach. I still have it. But most of my circus wagons are sold. This was taken in 1969 at our Celebration.

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Newspaper clipping is a copy of a photo depicting two small children posing for the camera. The original photographs was taken circa 1920.

Scope and Contents Paper funeral program features an illustration of a gothic window and flower-lilies on the cover. The inside left of the card has a Psalm from the Holy Bible typed in black in. The inside right of card has the following typed in black ink: In Memory of Mrs. Katie Purcell. Date of Birth [is] October 18, 1892. Date of Death [is] July 17, 1982. Services [on] Wednesday, July 21, 1982 at 1:00 pm. Place of service [is] Camphor Memorial...

Scope and Contents An excerpt from the obituary program reads as follows: Mrs. Katie Purcell was born to Henry Allen and Mary Hines on October 18, 1892 in Macon, Mississippi, the second eldest of four children. Mrs. Purcell was a long time member of Camphor Memorial United Methodist Church, where she served until her illness. Mrs. Purcell came to St. Paul in 1934 with her husband, where she resided until her death. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Timothy Purcell; daughter,...

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Color prints. Depicts women and girls, but mostly elders, in a room with several tables, all wearing name tags. Some of the women are seated, others are standing while talking, and some are lining up to plate their food and a buffet table located in one corner of the room.

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Color prints. Depict the Golden Agers boarding a travel bus and sharing a meal at a restaurant.