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Title: Cristiani Bros. Circus : world's largest!
Creator: Freeland, Forrest Dean, -1975, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
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 female acrobat leaping off a horse into the air with a smiling whiteface clown in the foreground; date sheet for an August 20-30, [1959], show in Los Angeles, California, pasted below image.
Probable date based on copyright date included in artist's signature. "© 58 F.D. Freeland"--text, artist's signature, bottom left. "Los Angeles / Pan-Pacific Auditorium / Parking Lot - 7600 Beverly Blvd. / 11 Days Com. Thurs. / Aug. / 20 thru 30 / Twice Daily - Doors Open 1 & 7 P.M."--text, bottom date sheet. "Bill Posters / & Billers / Union Label / Registered / Cristiani Circus"--text, Union Label square logo stamped in blue ink over acrobat's figure.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 80.65 x 35.56 cm (31 3/4 x 14 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000161
387768
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2155
Language: English
Subject: Cristiani Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Clowns--Pictorial works
Horsemen and horsewomen--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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000100 ; priJLC_ENT_000101 ; priJLC_ENT_000103 ; priJLC_ENT_000159 ; priJLC_ENT_000160 ; priJLC_ENT_000162 ; priJLC_ENT_000164

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