If you know your circus history, you know Jack LeClaire. LeClaire was a famous clown with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey beginning in the 1910s and lasting until the late 1940s.

The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin holds a collection of circus memorabilia dating ... Here are some colorful posters advertising animal acts, showing what people wanted ...

Surrounded by light up plastic swords and juggling pins, vintage clown shoes and posters, he said, “I challenge anyone not to be fascinated by the circus. The subject matter is charismatic.