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Title
Ringling Bros Barnum & Bailey : World's biggest menagerie
Creator
Bailey, Bill, artist
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
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 rhinoceros charging through open grasslands; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower left.
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on similar poster signed by Bailey in collection (priJLC 000051) with copyright date of 1944. "Bill Bailey"--text, bottom left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 53.66 x 71.12 cm (21 1/8 x 28 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000070
385981
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2048
Language
English
Subject
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Advertising--Circus
Animals--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Rhinoceroses--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1940-1950. (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_000051

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