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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus : the greatest show on Earth

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Title: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus : the greatest show on Earth
Creator: Howe, George, 1886-1955, artist
Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
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 whiteface clown sitting and holding an umbrella.
Probable artists and date supplied by cataloger based on reference in "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bel Geddes" by Chris Berry, in Bandwagon, (Nov-Dec 2010), pages 55-59: "several posters created in 1941 with the initials "G.H." were actually designed by prominent architect George Howe (1886-1995), who became a partner of Normal Bel Geddes and Co. in 1941." John Ringling North commissioned the Norman Bel Geddes studio to design posters for the circus in 1941. Local copy does not have the monogram of the Norman Bel Geddes studio. "G.H."--text, artist's initials in plate, bottom left. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 107 x 71.12 cm (42 1/8 x 28 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000029
385941
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1914
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Clowns--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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000028 ; priJLC_ENT_000030 ; priJLC_ENT_000031 ; priJLC_ENT_000049 ; priJLC_ENT_000050

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