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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : Terrell Jacobs the lion king presenting the world's most sensational group of jungle-bred performers

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Title: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : Terrell Jacobs the lion king presenting the world's most sensational group of jungle-bred performers
Creator: Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
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 lion tamer Terrell Jacobs (1903-1957) holding a whip in the center of a circus cage with numerous lions surrounding him with bared teeth.
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on performer history; Jacobs performed with the show in 1938 and 1939. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin. "Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co. Erie, Pa. No. 41-849-5"--text, bottom right margin. "Garage 7th Walnut / Erie [?]"--text, handwritten in pencil, on verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 69.85 x 100.97 cm (27 1/2 x 39 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000046
385957
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2025
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Jacobs, Terrell M., 1903-1957--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Animal trainers--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Lions--Pictorial works
Photomechanical prints--Color. (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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