Papering Over Paper
Posted By thecircusblog on March 25, 2010
It was quite common for circuses to put their show paper over another show’s paper even if it was in date. Shown here are the Edger B. Burk circus papers over the Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros Circus. Photo 1954. I remember stories told to me by my Dad and uncles about how my grandfather would paper over the Ringling Bros circus paper. He would only paper over the name of the show and date. then he would paper his name and dates. That is called snipping. Everyone did it and it became almost like a contest. This photo came from the Bill Capell collection.
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