King Bros Circus 1955 Photo Polar Bear Cage Winter Quarters 3.5 x 3.5

This photograph was taken in February 1955 and shows a polar bear housed inside a barred enclosure associated with the King Bros Circus winter quarters.

Mid-twentieth-century American circuses frequently exhibited polar bears as part of their traveling menagerie and animal acts. Such animals were commonly housed in permanent cages or indoor stalls during the winter quarters period when the show was not touring and animals were maintained, trained, and conditioned before the upcoming season.

The image features a large polar bear standing inside a barred metal cage structure, viewed through vertical iron bars that frame the enclosure. The animal stands on all fours near the front of the cage, with the interior structure of the building visible behind it, including overhead beams and a gated partition toward the rear. The square scalloped-edge photograph carries the FEB 55 date marking along the border and matches the format of the other photographs in this documented King Bros Circus winter quarters series.

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