Image Number

• JJS2038B

Year

• 1959

Date Note

• Photographed in March 1959.

Series Title

• General: Steinmetz collection.
• Specific: Steinmetz collection N2011- 7, Photographic collection, 1930s-1970s; Box 14

General Note

• Accompanying note: "Rolleis".
• Rehearsals were for "Roll out the Sky," the story of the Cristiani Brothers Circus to be aired on "NBC Kaleidoscope" Sunday May 3.

Rights

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Biography 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.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Steinmetz, Joseph Janney, 1905-1985.

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.

Subject Term

• Rehearsals
• Trained animals
• Community culture--Florida--Sarasota
• Entertainment
• Attractions--Florida--Sarasota
• Amusements
• Circus--Florida--Sarasota
• Circus animals
• Elephants
• Animal specialists
• Animal trainers
• Elephant trainers
• Circus workers
• Women circus performers
• Women entertainers--Florida--Sarasota

Geographic Term

• Sarasota County (Fla.)
• Sarasota (Fla.)

Subject Corporate

• Cristiani Brothers Circus--Employees.
• NBC Television Network.
• National Broadcasting Company, inc.

Shelf Number

• Location: 30713, D.

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