In my own research on the history of the 19th-century circus, I spend a lot of time in archives where I regularly come across vintage photos of clowns. Now, I don't consider myself afraid of clowns.

Don’t send in the clowns: Creepy clown emerged from crass, bawdy circuses of the 19th century Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina for The Conversation ...

Paul’s brother, Walter Jung, was also a circus clown. A Dayton Daily News article written about them in 1919 previewed that the circus was scheduled to make a stop in Dayton.

And this year, during its 35 th annual awards ceremony, the foundation will be honoring barrier-breaking circus clown Peggy Williams; third-generation hand balancers Marco and Paulo Lorador, ...