Photographs: Before the Fire Click on images below to enlarge.
The enormous circus tent, reportedly from Hartford before the fire. [unconfirmed]	Elephants feast in nearby Sponzo's Meadow.	A woman and child are helped over the animal chute to their seats.	Workers assemble the animal chute, next to which many of the dead were found.
Sideshow tent entrance, RBB&B, 1944 season.	Inside the RBB&B tent, 1944 performance.	RBB&B bigtop at a 1944 performance.	Elephants at a 1944 RBB&B show.
Horses at a 1944 RBB&B show.	Giraffes and camels resting up for a 1944 performance.	Camels and giraffes at a 1944 RBB&B show.	Poster used to promote the circus in Hartford, 1944.
Two unused tickets to the July 6, 1944 RBB&B evening show.	Four used tickets to the fateful July 6, 1944 RBB&B afternoon show.	Poster for the Hartford performances of RBB&B, 1944.	Poster for the Hartford performances of RBB&B, 1944.
RBB&B showgirls, 1940s	Horses at a 1940s RBB&B show.	RBB&B circus crew, 1940's	Crowd at RBB&B performance, 1940's
Crowd and elephants at a 1940s RBB&B performance.	RBB&B showgirls, 1940s

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