This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Beatrice Man Bills Circle of Circus Heritage
Bill Green of 823 Elk St Beatrice is a lifelong circus enthusiast and collector. He is a life member of the Circus Fans Association of America and a charter member of the Circus Historical Society which preserves circus history. Green recalls starting in 1934 with photos and memorabilia that now fill his home from kitchen to bathroom. He remembers his first circus at age four in Washington Kansas and notes the circus as an enduring American institution with figures from Ricketts to Barnum and Bailey and Ringling Bros. and moving pictures.
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Bill Green
Elk St
Beatrice
Green
The
Circus Fans Assn. of America
Circus Historical Society
Circus
Washington
Kan
John Bill Ricketts
Philadelphia
George Washington
Dan Rice
Thomas Nast
Uncle Sam
Barnum and Bailey
Ringling Bros