Hartford Circus Fire: Bewildered Animals Roam Circus Ruins
DateJuly 6, 1944
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8in. (21.6 × 16.8cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Lynn Ferrari
DescriptionBlack and white International News photograph of camels, other animals, and circus workers in the wreckage of the Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey ‘Big Top’ after the destructive fire, July 6, 1944, Hartford, Connecticut. View of the charred seating bleachers in the background.
Object number2017.86.13
CopyrightCopyright held by International News Photo
InscribedTtyped on paper affixed to back of photograph: “S998668-WATCH YOUR CREDIT….. INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / SLUG (ANIMALS-CIRCUS FIRE) / BEWILDERED ANIMALS ROAM CIRCUS RUINS / HARTFORD, CONN……. BEWILDERED CAMELS AND OTHER / ANIMALS ROAM THROUGH THE WRECKAGE OF RINGLING BROTHERS / & BARNUM AND BAILEY “BIG TOP” WHICH WAS RAZED BY FIRE / TODAY. IN BACKGROUND ARE THE CHARRED SEATS FROM / WHICH 6,000 SPECTATORS WERE WATCHING THE SHOW WHEN THE / TRAGIC FIRE BROKE OUT. / D.7.6.44” Stamped in black on back: "INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / THIS PHOTO SUPPLIED BY / INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO / A UNIT OF KING FEATURES SYND.. INC. / 235 EAST 45TH STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. / SYNDICATING PROHIBITED / THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS NOT SOLD BUT A LICENSE / IS GRANTED FOR ITS PUBLICATION AS A NEWS PHOTOGRAPH ONLY. IT MUST NOT BE LOANED OR SOLD / WITHOUT OUR CONSENT AND MUST BE RETURNED AT OUR / REQUEST IT CAN BE USED FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES OR / FOR PURPOSES OF TRADE ONLY IF YOU FIRST SECURE THE / WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE INDIVIDUALS APPEARING IN IT."
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