Cristiani Bros. Circus

Cristiani Bros. Circus photography, glossy snapshot 3.5 x 5 inch photograph of Native Americans. Credited to Bob Taber of Riverside, CA. Dated 1958.

The Cristiani Family history in the USA started in 1934, when circus magnet, John Ringling North convinced the family to susp end their circus operations in Italy and agree to come to America to perform their world acclaimed bareback riding act for Ringling Brother, Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Gardens in New York, NY. The American public had never seen a bareback riding troupe like this Italian family before or since, stopping the show every evening during the twelve week engagement.

By 1958, the show grew from a small family circus to the second largest in North America next to Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey. It took fifty-two trucks alone, to move the Cristiani Bros Circus from one town to the next. In the 1960's, circus economics changed, forcing the show to close.

Verso bears original handwritten notations and stampings. In very good condition.