Image of a central image of five elephants playing horn instruments with female circus performers also playing horns while standing on the elephants' backs, with four vignettes of the elephants in various performances, captioned "Entirely New Elephant Performances," "The Gallant Pachyderms," "A Swiss Bell Quintet," and "The Grand Overture," and a small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of elephant trainer Harry J. Mooney. "09 B No. 230"--text, top right margin. "Copyright 1909 by / The / Strobridge / Litho. Co. / Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom right corner of image. "Elephants that play real music in time and tune / 5 big herds of performing elephants in new novel acts."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 50.8 x 75.57 cm (20 x 29 3/4 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Mooney, Harry J., 1870---Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Animal trainers--Pictorial works Bell ringers--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Elephants--Pictorial works Women circus performers--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1900-1910. (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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