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Woman riding elephant during the NBC-TV rehearsal for the Cristiani Brothers Circus in Sarasota, Florida.

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N2011- 7, Photographic collection, 1930s-1970s; Box 14
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Trained animals
Community culture--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Entertainment
Attractions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Amusements
Circus--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Circus animals
Elephants
Animal specialists
Animal trainers
Elephant trainers
Circus workers
Women circus performers
Women entertainers--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Corporate Subject
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Location: 30713, D.
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.
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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Steinmetz, Joseph Janney, 1905-1985. Woman riding elephant during the NBC-TV rehearsal for the Cristiani Brothers Circus in Sarasota, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/254387>, accessed 13 August 2022.
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Steinmetz, Joseph Janney, 1905-1985. Woman riding elephant during the NBC-TV rehearsal for the Cristiani Brothers Circus in Sarasota, Florida. 1959. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/254387>
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(State Archives of Florida/Steinmetz)
