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Title
Kay Bros. Circus and trained wild animals
Creator
Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
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 collage of images of performing elephants balancing on balls, playing musical instruments, lying on top of an animal trainer, and other tricks.
Probable date approximated by cataloger; the circus advertised a "herd of dancing elephants" in 1936 newspaper advertisements. "Trade Mark / Erie / Litho Co. / Erie, Pa. / 14-2"--text, bottom right corner.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 72.71 x 106.05 cm (28 5/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000120
387778
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2112
Language
English
Subject
Kay Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Elephants--Pictorial works
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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