#18 Animal trainers from Bertram Mills Circus rehearse with the elephants at the circus’s winter quarters in Ascot in preparation for their next performance at Olympia in London, 1949.

Step Right Up! Inside the Thrilling World of 1930s and 1940s Circuses

#18 Animal trainers from Bertram Mills Circus rehearse with the elephants at the circus’s winter quarters in Ascot in preparation for their next performance at Olympia in London, 1949.

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