Image of two whiteface clowns holding a bottle and glass of castor oil in the foreground, and clowns playing musical instruments and wearing costumes in the background; small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of circus founder Tom Mix at top left. Probable date based on circus history; the Tom Mix Circus operated from 1935 to 1938. "Tom Mix "himself" and Tony / Will Positively Appear / At Each Performance"--text, upper right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 107 x 71.76 cm (42 1/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
Tom Mix Circus Mix, Tom, 1880-1940--Portraits Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Circus owners--Pictorial works Clowns--Pictorial works Practical jokes--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1930-1940. (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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