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Baraboo: Circus City Stories
8XP + 4E Four Flashes of History
Baraboo Historical Images: Four Flashes

Baraboo Historical Images: Four Flashes

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Photo credit: Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID: 29085

This 1899 photo shows unpaved streets and horse-drawn transportation. What does the presence of the elaborate courthouse building in a small town tell us about late 19th-century priorities?

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County governments had no money for infrastructure
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Courthouse architecture symbolized civic pride and government authority
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All buildings in Wisconsin were built in a classical style
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Towns frequently competed to build the most expensive buildings
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Photo credit: Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID: 64249

This poster uses elaborate illustrations and dramatic text. Before widespread photography and film, how did visual marketing like this function differently than modern advertising?

It didn't function differently
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Everyone could verify claims by doing their own research
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Posters like this were illegal at the time
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It promised spectacle, relying on imagination and word-of-mouth
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Photo credit: Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID: 29045

The Ringling Brothers kept their winter quarters in Baraboo for 34 years (1884-1918). What economic impact would year-round circus operations have had on a small town?

None, circuses only brought summer tourists
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Year-round employment
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Negative impact only
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The circus paid no local workers
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Photo credit: Wisconsin Historical Society, Image ID: 11176

This bird’s-eye view from 1870 predates the Ringling Brothers’ first show by 14 years. What does the town’s existing development along the Baraboo River suggest?

Rivers were obstacles to town development
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The circus built everything in Baraboo
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River access for transportation and water power drove early settlement
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Baraboo was built randomly without planning
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