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McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 168

Item

Title
McCarthy Album 05, Photograph 168
Description
Caption, c. 1905. Sixteen camels pull the Ringling Brothers Egyptian Circus Wagon down a street in Santa Rosa in this photograph. The Ringling Brothers Circus first came to Santa Rosa in 1903. The traveling circus became an annual event in the town for the next two decades.
Contributor
Audrey Fullerton-Samora of Sacramento, great niece of William and Grace McCarthy, donated the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection to the California State Archives in 1996.
Coverage
Santa Rosa, California
Date
1905
Format
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Identifier
96-07-08-alb05-168
Language
English
Publisher
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Rights
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Subject
Ringling Brothers Circus Parade, Santa Rosa
Type
Still Image