Circus Parade in Front of Gumm’s Store — Onaway, Michigan (c. 1905)
An elephant and handlers lead a circus parade down an unpaved main street in Onaway, as onlookers pack the sidewalks outside Gumm’s Store. The photo itself is labeled, “Street from Gumm’s Store, looking east, Onaway Mich.”
In the early 1900s, traveling circuses didn’t just arrive — they announced themselves with a rolling parade meant to draw a crowd.
Do you know which circus this was, or have family stories about “circus day” in downtown Onaway?
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