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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth scenes in the grand water circus

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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth scenes in the grand water circus
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
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 various water acts including swimmers, acrobats, and divers in an indoor swimming pool with spectators in the background.
"Copyright 1895 by / The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cincinnati = New York."--text, lower left of image. "B. 13"--text, top right of image. "An entirely new, startling and interesting water exhibition, / terminating in tremendous headlong dives from enormous heights."--text, bottom centered caption.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 100.97 x 76.84 cm (39 3/4 x 30 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000015
385927
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1837
Language: English
Subject: Barnum and Bailey
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Swimming--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1890-1900. (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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