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Robbins Bros. Circus : gala, golden street parade 11 a.m. preceding first performance

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Title: Robbins Bros. Circus : gala, golden street parade 11 a.m. preceding first performance
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 a circus street parade crowded with horse-drawn circus wagons and a bandwagon, and exotic performers and animals, including elephants and camels; small vignette of a group head-and-shoulders portrait of three men, presumably the original founders of the circus, at top left corner; date sheet advertising an August 22, [1938], show in Middlesboro, Kentucky, pasted below image.
Probable date based on month and day provided on date sheet and show history. "With / Hoot/ Gibson / Middlesboro / Afternoon & Night / Monday Aug. 22 / Gigantic Railroad Circus / Street / Parade / 11a.m."--text of date sheet, bottom centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 94.62 x 104.46 cm (37 1/4 x 41 1/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000133
387718
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2128
Language: English
Subject: Robbins Bros. Circus (1938)
Gibson, Hoot, 1892-1962
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Circus parades--Pictorial works
Ethnic costume--Pictorial works
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

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