Sells-Floto Circus Will Exhibit At Santa Cruz, Wed., April 30: Splendid Free Street Parade At 11:00 A.M.
An elaborately illustrated promotional leaflet for Sells-Floto, most likely for a parade performance in Santa Cruz in 1913, possibly 1919. Promotes an array of circus acts.
Notables: Park Prentiss Military Band, Sparrows' Boy Scout Band, Dreska, Kas and Mo, Muggins, Mamma Mary, Zora, Little Hutch, Alice, Snyder / Snider, Trilby, Frieda, Blanche Wall, contortionists / contortionism, acrobats / acrobatics, aerialism / aerialists, Drascula, Mephistopheles Equestrian Spectacle, Devlin Zouaves, Leach, Wallin, Omar the Great Balloon Horse, George Brown, Abe Johnson, clowns, Keister Troupe, Fawcetts, Maynard, Rouen, Emily Stickney, Emma Stickney, Aldene Potter, Harry King, Oscar Lowande, Miss Lowande, Flora Seguen, Dora Mathews, Sadie Fairmount, Millie Royal, Rhoda Royal, Miss Hobson, Maud Burbank, Irene Montgomery, Johnny Reilly, Kelly Howard Luckett Trio, Toronto Pipers, kangaroos, monkeys, ponies, dogs, geese, pigs, turkeys, lions, tigers, leopards, Dutch Recardo, Fighting Bob, hippos / hippopotamuses, camels, mules, hippodrome, dromedaries
Notables: Park Prentiss Military Band, Sparrows' Boy Scout Band, Dreska, Kas and Mo, Muggins, Mamma Mary, Zora, Little Hutch, Alice, Snyder / Snider, Trilby, Frieda, Blanche Wall, contortionists / contortionism, acrobats / acrobatics, aerialism / aerialists, Drascula, Mephistopheles Equestrian Spectacle, Devlin Zouaves, Leach, Wallin, Omar the Great Balloon Horse, George Brown, Abe Johnson, clowns, Keister Troupe, Fawcetts, Maynard, Rouen, Emily Stickney, Emma Stickney, Aldene Potter, Harry King, Oscar Lowande, Miss Lowande, Flora Seguen, Dora Mathews, Sadie Fairmount, Millie Royal, Rhoda Royal, Miss Hobson, Maud Burbank, Irene Montgomery, Johnny Reilly, Kelly Howard Luckett Trio, Toronto Pipers, kangaroos, monkeys, ponies, dogs, geese, pigs, turkeys, lions, tigers, leopards, Dutch Recardo, Fighting Bob, hippos / hippopotamuses, camels, mules, hippodrome, dromedaries
Source:
Sells Floto Circus
Date: 1913
Type:
LEAFLET; ARTICLE; ILLUSTRATION; ADVERTISEMENT; PHOTO
Coverage:
- Santa Cruz
- 1910s
- Events
- Circuses
- Horses
- Dance
- Fairs
- War
- Comedy
- Scottish
- Scottish American
- Zoology
- Bears
- Theatre
- Contests
Identifier: MS-SANTA CRUZ-CIRCUSES-02
Collection
Citation
“Sells-Floto Circus Will Exhibit At Santa Cruz, Wed., April 30: Splendid Free Street Parade At 11:00 A.M.” Sells Floto Circus. 1913. SCPL Local History. https://history.santacruzpl.org/omeka/items/show/140535. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.