Gilbert R. Spalding
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"Dr." Gilbert Reynolds Spalding, sometimes spelled Spaulding, was an American showman, circus owner and innovator, being the first to own his own showboat, constructed the first showboat to contain an
Ad for Spalding's North American Circus (1847)
The clown Dan Rice regularly performed for Spalding between 1844 and 1849
The Appollonicon drawn by 40 horses - depicted on a postally used envelope (1856)
'Spalding & Rodgers North American Circus: The Stupendous Apollonicon or Great Musical Chariot' (1849)
Marie Macarte
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Marie Elizabeth Macarte was an English equestrian and circus performer who found success in Britain and the United States in the 1840s to 1860s.
Gilbert R. Spalding
…Rivers, but the company was forced to disband in the winter of 1848-49 owing to an outbreak of cholera. In 1847 the celebrated British equestrienne Marie Macarte appeared with the circus, while the tight-rope walker James McFarland also performed with Spalding (1844–1849) and later with Spalding and Rogers…
Advert for G. G. Grady's Old-Fashioned Circus (1870)
Poster for Madame Macarte's farewell tour