Image of twenty-two Chinese circus performers on two stages, including acrobats, plate spinners, and jugglers, with three standard-bearers holding lanterns in the background; small vignette portraits of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey at upper left. "Copyright 1914 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co / Cincinnati & New York"--text, lower left of image. "14 -B-215"--text, upper right margin. "First time in America of the Imperial Chinese Circus Stars"--text, bottom left. "New and startling acts performed on two stages at the same time"--text, bottom right.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.57 x 100.33 cm (29 3/4 x 39 1/2 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906--Portraits Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits Acrobats--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Chinese--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus owners--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Circus performers--China--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1910-1920. (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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