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Title: Parker's sublime creation or the beginning : a wondrous production of marvelous realism and angelic purity : beautiful $10,000 spectacle
Creator: Goes Lithographic Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1900
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1910
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 two angels with wings blowing trumpets while one holds a thurible from a gold chain with smoke and a second burning incense censer stands on a pedestal; with a vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of carnival proprietor C. W. Parker at middle left of image; the poster advertises the carnival show "Creation."
Probable date based on 1905 and 1906 newspaper articles for carnivals noting the "Creation" show by the C. W. Parker Amusement Company. "Goes Lithographic Co. Chicago"--text, bottom left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 34.93 x 27.31 cm (13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_001355
413505
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1768
Language: English
Subject: Parker, C. W. (Charles Wallace), 1864-1932--Portraits
Angels--Pictorial works
Carnival owners--Portraits
Carnivals--United States
Theatrical producers and directors--Portraits
Parker Amusement Company
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (gmgpc)
Theatrical posters--American. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Small Size
Music and Theater
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_ENT_001353

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