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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : scene excitante dans le cirque des enfants, par les mignons poneys Shetland, montes par des singes bavards, vivants, finissant une course chaudement contestee

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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : scene excitante dans le cirque des enfants, par les mignons poneys Shetland, montes par des singes bavards, vivants, finissant une course chaudement contestee
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1898
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of monkey jockeys racing Shetland ponies around a grass racetrack in a tented arena as a whiteface clown cheers them on.
"Copyright 1898 by / The / Strobridge / Lith Co / Cin'ti & New York"--text, lower right of image. "98 B. No. 22"--text, upper right margin. "L'institut de divertissement le plus grand et le plus magnifique du monde."--text, bottom center caption. "Printed in America"--text, lower right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.84 x 102.24 cm (30 1/4 x 40 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000014
385926
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1836
Language: English
French
French
Subject: Barnum and Bailey
Advertising--Circus
Circus--Europe
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Clowns--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Monkeys--Pictorial works
Foreign
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1890-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Circus
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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