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Title
Dailey Bros. Big 3 Ring Circus : traveling on its own steel train of double length railroad cars
Creator
Central Show Printing Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
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 circus train cars unloading circus animals including elephants, camels, and horses, with a group of spectators nearby.
Probable date based on company history; the circus traveled by railroad from 1944 until it closed in 1950. "Central Show Printing Co., Mason City, Iowa"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 woodcut : color printed ; overall 75.88 x 107.32 cm (29 7/8 x 42 1/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000107
387715
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2102
Language
English
Subject
Dailey Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Circus trains--Pictorial works
Railroad trains--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

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