Image / Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on Earth

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Title: Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey the greatest show on Earth
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
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 the head of a fierce gorilla with teeth bared; date sheet for a June 28, [1940], show in Springfield, Massachusetts, pasted below image.
Probable date calculated by cataloger based on month and day of show advertised in attached date sheet. "Bill Posters & Distributors / Union Label"--text, circle stamp in red ink, bottom right corner. "Springfield / Afternoon and Night / Fri. June 28 / World's largest tent - now 100% air-conditioned"--text, bottom centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 92.39 x 107 cm (36 3/8 x 42 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000053
385964
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2032
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Gorilla--Pictorial works
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus (1919- )
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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000033 ; priJLC_ENT_000043

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