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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramGene Rayburn showing instant camera photograph to a boy at the Cristiani Brothers Circus during rehearsal for NBC-TV in Sarasota, Florida.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
N2011- 7, Photographic collection, 1930s-1970s; Box 14
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Men--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Circus--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Amusements
Attractions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Entertainment
Community culture--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Rehearsals
Instant camera photographs
Instant cameras
Instant photography
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Rehearsals were for "Roll out the Sky," the story of the Cristiani Brothers Circus to be aired on "NBC Kaleidoscope" Sunday May 3.
Accompanying note: "Rolleis".
Biographical Note
Joseph Janney Steinmetz was a world-renowned commercial photographer whose images appeared in such publications as the Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, Time, Holiday, Collier's, and Town & Country. His work has been referred to as "an American social history," which documented diverse scenes of American life from affluent northeasterners to middle-class Floridians. Steinmetz moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Sarasota, Florida in 1941.
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