This photograph is part of a series of snap shots at a Davenport circus, of which four are in this archive. The photos are all small format snapshots and the circus has highly ornate fronts to exhibits. The photos are torn from an album and black paper adheres to their back corners.
The photo shows a woman in a long white dress and a man in vest and boy tie and straw hat posing in front of a circus exhibition showing posters of Black performers, and the words “The Land of Old Black Joe” are written on the wall underneath the posters. A ticket booth and barker are to the right.
Back: in pen someone has written “Davenport Iowa Aug 11-24 Mr & Mrs. James Cullen.
The back is stamped: “Finished by Darmer-Edmondson, Perry, Iowa”