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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : selected rare specimens of the antelope species never before seen in captivity

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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : selected rare specimens of the antelope species never before seen in captivity
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1886
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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 an advertisement for Barnum & Bailey circus featuring several species of antelope and a giraffe pictured outdoors near a waterfall; portraits of Barnum & Bailey at left.
"The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cinti New York London"--text, bottom center of image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, bottom center of image. "1891"--text, handwritten in pencil, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.79 x 102.24 cm (30 5/8 x 40 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_005071
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5685
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Circus
Animals--Pictorial works
Antelopes--Pictorial works
Barnum and Bailey
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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