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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth : the Dunbar trio
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1896
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of the Dunbar Trio of aerialists in an advertisement for Barnum & Bailey circus; full length portrait of the trio at bottom left with illustrations of their feats in background; portraits of Barnum & Bailey at top right and left.
"Copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cincinnati New York."--text, bottom left of image. "The clowns' frolics, Exemplified by Mr. Billy Burke & his famous funny brother. Introducing new and immensely funny business, transformations, tricks songs and dialogues. - This feature of the united shows surpasses anything ever before seen with a circus."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 97.47 x 71.76 cm (38 3/8 x 28 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_005069
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5676
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Circus
Aerialists--Pictorial works
Barnum and Bailey
Circus performers--Pictorial works
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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