Reco Bros. Circus - crowd watching feeding of the lions

Black and white silver gelatin photograph of a crowd of people watching the animals being fed at a circus by a man with a large joint of meat on a stick, photographed by John Hinde, 1947. Photographed for the book 'Britsh Circus Life' by Lady Eleanor Furneaux Smith, John Hinde and W J Turner, published by George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1948. 'British Circus Life' followed a season the in life of a small, travelling circus, Reco Bros. A black and white photograph proof for layout purpose. Originals were Kodachrome colour transparencies, 3.5 x 2.5 inches. This image wasn't published in the book.