Image of thirty-five male military band members sitting on a stage holding musical instruments behind bandmaster Carl Clair who stands next to female musician Jessie Millar who stands on a pedestal labeled "Jessie Millar / Cornet Soloist"; with a small vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of Clair at top center. "B-14"--text, top right of image. "Copyright 1895 by / The / Strobridge / Lith - Co / Cin'ti - N.Y."--text, bottom right of image. "The greatest musical / organization in the world"--text, lower left below image. "Positively the finest body of / skilled musicians that ever traveled."--text, lower right below image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 102.71 cm (30 1/8 x 40 7/16 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Clair, Carl, -1907--Portraits Millar, Jessie (Musician)--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Advertising--Music Bands (Music)--Pictorial works Circus--United States Musical groups--Pictorial works Women circus performers--Pictorial works Women musicians--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1890-1900. (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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