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Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 2nd largest circus : largest, most varied and valuable collection of rare animals

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Title: Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 2nd largest circus : largest, most varied and valuable collection of rare animals
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
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 circus menagerie with spectators viewing animals in caged circus wagons and fenced-in areas; animals include giraffes, a hippopotamus in a cage labeled "World's largest and only trained hippopotamus," a rhinoceros, zebras, lions, tigers, pears, polar bears, elephants, and camels; date sheet for a Tuesday, July 30, [1946], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on circus history and calculated year of date sheet; the circus became America's "2nd largest" in 1945 (as referenced in "Miller Family Milestones" in The White Tops (September 2001, pages 62-63) "Free / Street / Parade / Al G. / Kelly-Miller / Bros. / Circus/ Lorain / 25th & Leauit Rd. / Auspices: Loraine Youth Center / Matinee / and / Night/ Tuesday July 30 / One Day Only"--text, bottom centered.
Type: image
Extent: 1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 90.17 x 106.68 cm (35 1/2 x 42 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000077
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2010
Language: English
Subject: Al G. Kelly & Miller Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Menageries--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_000078

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