First general manager of the Inter-Cooperative Council (ICC), the governing body of student cooperatives in Ann Arbor, Mich., who served the ICC for 34 years beginning in 1951. Buchele also helped to establish the North American Student Cooperative League (NASCL) and North American Student Cooperative Organization (NASCO). Before that he was active in the student cooperative movement on the University of Kansas campus.
A few people outside of the main large tent for the Barnum and Bailey's circus. Shows the ticket stand and a young boy with a bicycle next to a few signs reading "Barnum & Bailey Annex"
Four images of the Barnum and Bailey's circus in Eaton County. The first is of tarps being laid out in preparation to set up their tents, the second is of a man in an enclosure with a large snake, the third is of buffalo grazing in front of some tents, and the last is of a resting man.
A storefront in Escanaba, Michigan with four posters advertising the Carl Hagenbeck Circus coming to town on July 29th. Two of the advertisements are primarily typed information, one shows performers doing tricks, and one features a clown.
Route book for the 1842 season for Messrs. June, Titus, Angevine, & Co's Menagerie and Circus. Includes record of some employees and record of their travel.
Section of route book detailing the 1901 performing season for the Ringling Brother's Circus. Includes employees, official program, and some accounts from their travels in Michigan.
The Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus unloading their items onto the train tracks in Ann Arbor. Young boys watch the camels and horses waiting to be moved elsewhere.
Aftermath of the Wallace Brothers Circus train wreck on the Grand Trunk Railroad . Two images - one of the impact of the crash and one of mass graves being dug.