full colored, 1930s traveling circus setting up in small Kansas town, performers in colorful costumes practicing acts, elephants being led by handlers, striped big top tent being raised by crew, local townspeople watching in amazement, vintage circus wagons and steam calliope, dusty fairgrounds with hay bales, shot with Speed Graphic camera 127mm lens, style of American vernacular photography, golden hour lighting creating magical atmosphere, capturing both spectacle and small-town wonder, colored