Acrobats

Content Description This collection consists of 26 letters written from the road by a travelling circus clown and acrobat to his wife or girlfiend. The author of the letters, identified only as "Chas.", was a member of "The Milvo's Comedy Acrobats" two-man act then performing with Sells and Gray's Circus. The act consisted of acrobatics and clown antics. The letters written during the summer and fall of 1900 were posted from various cities in southern and southwestern states, including Missouri, Kansas,...