Image of a fierce gorilla holding an African warrior over his head as other warriors with swords and shields run away; date sheet for a June 28, [1940], show in Springfield, Massachusetts, pasted below image. Probable date and artist based on reference in Spangenberg, Amazing American Circus Poster, page 164. "382"--text, top right margin. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin. "Strobrg."--text, handwritten in pencil, bottom right margin. "[Strobridge Litho] Co. Cin'ti & N.Y"--text, bottom right margin, covered by date sheet. "Bill Posters & Distributors / Union Label"--text, circle stamp in red ink, bottom right corner. "Springfield / Afternoon and Night / Fri. June 28 / World's largest tent - now 100 % air-conditioned"--text, bottom centered. "The largest gorilla ever exhibited -"--text, center left of image. "The world's most terrifying living creature!"--text, center right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 92.08 x 107.63 cm (36 1/4 x 42 3/8 in.)
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Advertising--Circus Africans--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Gorilla--Pictorial works Gargantua (Gorilla)--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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