Hippotheatron
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The Hippotheatron was an entertainment venue in New York built for large-scale circus and equestrian performances although ballets, dramas and pantomimes were also held there. Opened in 1864, it was d
The Hippotheatron in New York (1872)
Interior of the Hippotheatron (1865)
Playbill for L. B. Lent's New York Circus (1865)
Playbill for L. B. Lent's New York Circus (1865)
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
Hippotheatron
…dramas and pantomimes, was provided by H. Wayrauch, the resident composer and musical director. The venue immediately became popular with audiences. Spalding & Rogers' Circus, which had just returned from a two years' tour in the seaports of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, and the West Indies, were in residence for four…
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)