Step Right This Way: The Photographs of Edward J. Kelty

First museum exhibition of Edward J. Kelty's images documenting circus life of the 1920s and '30s. Curated by Miles Barth.

Edward J. Kelty, Congress of Freaks at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Madison Square Garden, 1929. Private Collection, New York.

Edward J. Kelty, Hugo Zacchin - Human Projectile, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Brooklyn, 1933. Private Collection, Columbus, OH.

Edward J. Kelty, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clowns assembled behind Madison Square Garden, ca. 1931. Private Collection, New York.

Edward J. Kelty, Marcellus Golden Models, 1933. Private Collection, New York.

Edward J. Kelty, Queens of the Air, Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Paterson, New Jersey, 1935. Private Collection, New York.

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