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Ringling and Barnum Bros & Bailey Combined Shows fabulous pageant of oriental magnificence "Nepal"

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Title: Ringling and Barnum Bros & Bailey Combined Shows fabulous pageant of oriental magnificence "Nepal"
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
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 animal hunter and collector Frank Buck atop a giant elephant leading a costumed procession of Nepalese circus performers and elephants.
Probable date based on printer's job number in top right margin. "3814"--text, top right margin. "© The Strobridge Litho. Co. Cin'ti & N.Y."--text, bottom right margin. "The Maharajah's / regal reception for / Frank Buck / on his triumphant return / from the jungle"--text, continuation of title, upper right. "Introducing / Bring 'Em / Back Alive / Frank Buck / at Every Performance"--text, bottom left. "Created, Costumed / and Produced by / Charles LeMaire / World's Foremost Designer / of Super Spectacles"--text, bottom right. "Litho in U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.88 x 107.63 cm (29 7/8 x 42 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000967
385985
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2170
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Buck, Frank, 1884-1950--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Elephants--Pictorial works
Ethnic costume--Pictorial works
Nepalese--Pictorial works
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919- )
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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