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Title
Royal American Shows : world's largest midway
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
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 charging lion and tiger flanking a "Most Beautiful Show on Earth" globe logo.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on similar images in advertisement for circus in Billboard, 26 June 1954, page 65,
Type
image
Extent
1 screen : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 104.78 cm (28 x 41 1/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000147
387706
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2138
Language
English
Subject
Royal American Shows Inc
Advertising--Circus
Carnivals--United States
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Lion--Pictorial works
Tiger--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1950-1975. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1950-1960. (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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