<h2>Everyone Loves a Parade</h2>
Circuses unloaded near the Michigan Central depot and paraded up Main Street to perform at the fairgrounds or on a farm at Packard and Stadium. Exotic animals passed by in fancy wagons, bands played, the calliope blared, and children screamed with delight.
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Some summers Ann Arbor enjoyed as many as three circuses. Barnum and Bailey was the largest. Almost anything was an excuse for a parade — holidays, new buildings, new fire equipment, visiting dignitaries, political candidates, and student celebrations of all kinds.
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Faculty and students WW1
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Camels on parade
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Circus advertisement
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Horses on parade
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Horse-drawn wagons, 1918
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1918
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Circus Parade on Main Street Crossing Huron, 1916
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1916
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