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ICP, in collaboration with W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate and the 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, presents Hunt’s Three Ring Circus: American Groups Before 1950. The exhibition features more than 100 photographs and video from a private collection of unusual vintage images of American crowds, rallies, assemblies, teams, organizations, fraternities, unions, clubs, tribes, conventions, and alliances, all made before 1950.
Hunt’s Three Ring Circus: American Groups Before 1950 is organized by ICP and W. M. Hunt, a collector and curator based in New York. It is sponsored by the 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, in partnership with Jones Lang LaSalle, as a community-based public service.
Gallery Hours
Monday–Friday | 8 am–6 pm
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The Press Department, Bell Telephone Department, New York World’s Fair, 1939. Courtesy W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate, New York and International Center of Photography.
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E. J. Kelty, Century Photographers, Hunt’s Three Ring Circus, Northport, Long Island, New York, June 26, 1931. Courtesy W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate, New York and International Center of Photography.
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Arthur Mole and John D. Thomas, The Human Liberty Bell, 25,000 Officers & Men, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, General Hugh L. Scott, CMDR, 1918. Courtesy W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate, New York and International Center of Photography.
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Unidentified Photographer, Buy V Bonds, 1940s. Courtesy W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate, New York and International Center of Photography.
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Poeszler Studio, Baseball Teams, 1912. Courtesy W. M. Hunt / Collection Blind Pirate, New York and International Center of Photography.
