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The great Morton wonder show and combined thrill circus big tent theatre : world's most beautiful tented attraction

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Title: The great Morton wonder show and combined thrill circus big tent theatre : world's most beautiful tented attraction
Creator: Central Show Printing Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
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 elevated exterior view of a circus building labeled "Tent Theatre" with lines of people in front and circus wagons and smaller tents in background; one trailer is labeled "36" and another is labeled "Maria Non...".
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on general show history; the Great Morton Wonder Show was presented by Nebraska magician William Morton (1920-1997) from 1948 into the 1950s. "Central Show Prtg. Co. Inc., Mason City, Ia."--text, bottom margin centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 72.07 x 107.32 cm (28 3/8 x 42 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000112
387741
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2105
Language: English
Subject: Great Morton Wonder Show
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Magic shows--United States
Theaters--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1940-1950. (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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