Italy, from Barnum and Bailey <i>Europe<i> Circus Wagon
date: label: date made
content: ca 1902 - 1903
name: label: user
content: Barnum & Bailey Circus
label: maker
content: Sebastian Wagon Company
label: maker
content: Robb, Samuel A.
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden figure representing the nation of Italy was part of a tableau set atop the Barnum and Bailey's Circus' <i>Europe</i> Parade Wagon. The wagon was one of four <i>Continental Floats,</i> used by Barnum and Bailey and modeled off architectural features found on the Prince Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, London, UK. Each of the floats was intended to represent one of the <i>four corners of the British Empire,</i> the others being Africa, America and Asia.
label: Description
content: The Continental Floats were used as part of Barnum and Bailey's Circus procession, in which the newly arrived Circus paraded through town in a spectacular fashion, generating excitement from spectators as it hauled equipment, animals and workers to it's performance site.
label: Description
content: The Wagon was made by the Sebastian Wagon Company, and was first employed by the Circus around 1903.
topic: label: used
content: Circus
label: Subject
content: Parades
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content: Culture and the Arts: Folk Art
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Circus Collection
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content: Art
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Eleanor and Mabel Van Alstyne American Folk Art Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.65.1046B
label: accession number
content: 256396
label: catalog number
content: 65.1046B
objectType: label: Object Name
content: figure, circus wagon
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 74 in x 51 in x 90 in; 187.96 cm x 129.54 cm x 228.6 cm