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CWM Audio 66
Jorgen Christiansen Interview, March 20, 1965
​40 minutes, 14 seconds
Interview with Jorgan Christiansen conducted on March 20, 1965, interviewer and location unknown.

Jorgan Christiansen (1885-1977) was a noted circus performer and animal trainer. Born in Denmark, Christiansen toured in Russia and Poland before coming to the United States 1923, where he worked with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the Cole Brothers Circus, among others. Christiansen is often known for his horse training, including a liberty horse act consisting of 24 Palmino stallions.
SOUND RECORDING - PART 1
TRANSCRIPT - PART 1
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SOUND RECORDING - PART 2
TRANSCRIPT - PART 2
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Jorgen Christiansen, Cole Brothers Circus, 1938
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Jorgen Christiansen and his 24 horse act, Cole Brothers Circus, April 15, 1938
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