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Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Combined Circus : Big Otto blood sweating hippopotamus from the river Nile

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Title: Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Combined Circus : Big Otto blood sweating hippopotamus from the river Nile
Creator: Butler, Roland, 1887-1961, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
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 a hippopotamus in the wild rising out of water with a gaping mouth; "The World's Largest Circus" circular logo at top right; date sheet for an August 19, [1963], show in Olean, New York, pasted below image.
Full name of artist supplied by cataloger; probable date based on month and day provided in item text and circus history; the circus began shows in the 1959 season. "R.B."--text, artist's initials, bottom left in print. "No. 87 - CB"--text, bottom left margin. "Olean / Little League Forness Park / Auspices: Cattaraugus Co. Shrine Club / 4 & 8 P. M. / Mon. / Aug. 19"--text, date sheet at bottom.
Type: image
Extent: 1 screen : color printed ; overall 91.44 x 54.29 cm (36 x 21 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000154
387714
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2149
Language: English
Subject: Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Hippopotamus--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1950-1975. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1960-1970. (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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