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Title
The Barnum Bailey greatest show on Earth
Creator
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1908
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey with a branch with leaves and berries separating the oval frames.
"1908-B-19"--text, top right margin. "Copyright 1908 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co. / Cin'ti & New York"--text, bottom left corner of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 51.44 x 71.76 cm (20 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000058
385969
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2037
Language
English
Subject
Barnum and Bailey
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits
Bailey, J. A.--Portraits
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus owners--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1900-1910. (gmgpc)
Portrait prints. (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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