Creepy clowns, flying acrobats, performing cats: circuses were big business at the turn of the 20th century. These posters, drawn from the Circus Museum in the Netherlands, demonstrate some of the wide-ranging themes used by European circuses across the 20th century.
(Images: The Circus Museum/Europeana, via Mashable/Retronaut)
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| 1910. "Circus Corty-Althoff — The Banola Family. Known as the greatest gymnasts in the world. The flying family." |
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| 1913. "Circus Busch. Peter Alupka. The first ever talking cat." |
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| 1913. "The Ring of the Nibelung. Circus Busch." |
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| 1915. "Circus Strassburger" |
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| 1916. "Circus Busch. Saxon, the strongest Man in the World." |
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| c. 1920s. "Cirque Bureau presents. The plane of hell. The 3 antarès. An acrobatic trio flying and spinning in the big top pulled by a plane." |
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| 1923. "Circus Busch. Aero-star. The Mexican Circus Sensation." |
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| 1923. "Circus Busch. The Sensational! Marino, Destroyer of cars. The strongest driver in the world." |
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| 1923. "Arthur Klein-family." |
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| 1926. "Circus Maxo — The Carre Building. Omikron. The living gasometer." |
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| 1927. "The Urmann's Circus Knie. 2 ladies. 5 gentlemen." |
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| 1930 |
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| 1932. "Looping the loop in the open ring. Laughing in the face of death! The World Champion Nic. Diavolo. Circus Maxo." |
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| 1935 |
(Images: The Circus Museum/Europeana, via Mashable/Retronaut)
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