Circus Ubangi

Al. G. Barnes Circus Tribe of Ubangi Savages. Blanchard Press. 1938 Monday, April 11, 1938. Howes amp Cushing North American Savages. Unknown. no date. quotTribe of Genuine Ubangi Savagesquot quotWith Mouths and Lips as Large as Full-Grown Crocodilesquot 1 saucer-lipped savage yellow background.

The narrator then explains how circus exhibitors, needing new thrills, once looked for the quotmissing linkquot between ape and man Insensitive white men bribe native tribesmen, whose greed gets the better of them, to trap first an orangutan, then a native Ubangi, for use in the circus. Ubangi girls, with quotclapper lips,quot cringe in fear of the white

Posted By thecircusblog on April 30, 2009 . In 1930 a group of Ubangi's tribsmen joined the Ringling circus. I understand that were the hit of the show. The Ubangi people still exist and flourish quite well today in their part of Africa.

RINGLING BROTHERS AND BARNUM AND BAILEY. The combined show came to Dubuque in 1930. 1 It was advertised then as having five-rings of entertainment and a quottribe of genuine Ubangi savages.quot Its appearance was threatened in July when it was announced the circus could not appear at the AIRPORT. The use of the airport, by anything other than

Barnum's circus was guilty of presenting Africans as savages. Posters Please. The Ubangi Savages. As European powers started colonizing large parts of Africa, people were curious to know what the native populations of these newly-conquered lands looked like. Inevitably, reports were sensational, inaccurate and, above all, hugely racist.

Ringling-Barnum UBANGI SAVAGES 1931 This half-sheet is a classic poster for this well-known attraction on the Ringling Bros and Barnum amp Bailey Circus during the early 1930s. This poster - executed by Hap Hadley - is mounted on ChartexLinen and is in very good condition.

UBANGI SAVAGES . From Central Africa's Most Remote and Least - Explored Jungles . The World's Most Weird Living Humans Above Pitch Card - Courtesy of Neil Davis RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM amp BAILEY CIRCUS. and EXHIBITED EXCLUSIVELY by the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH . UBANGI SAVAGES --- FEATURED WITH THE AL. G. BARNES CIRCUS SEASON 1932

circus's public relations of ce, extended to a diameter of over 9inches.2 The Ubangi savages became famous throughout the coun-try. Stories about them lled the news media. Although the word quotUbangiquot entered the English dictionary,3 the name was made-up, picked out from an African map by a circus

It was probably sold in stores to capitalize on this widely publicized circus exhibit of the Ubangis, the saucer-lipped natives from French West Africa. The value is 150-200. In an earlier article, I told the story of a dear friend, Charlotte Shive Maxwell, who ran away and joined the circus. Tribe of Genuine Ubangi Savages New to

Original, authentic poster for Ringling Bros. Barnum amp Bailey Circus - Tribe of Genuine Ubangi Savages - New to Civiliation - From Africa's Darkest Depths - With mouths and lips as large as those of full-grown crocodiles. Date sheet for Hartford, CT, July 9, 1930. One sheet plus date tail, Erie Litho, 1930. Professionally conserved on linen.