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Title
Robbins Bros. Circus : Bingo largest elephant in the world
Creator
Globe Poster Corp., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an elephant in the street, with spectators lined up on sidewalk around a building in the background.
Printer credit line in bottom margin obscured by date sheet fragment; probable date based on circus history; Bingo the elephant was purchased for the Robbins Bros. Circus in 1926 and exhibited until the circus closed in 1931. "[Printed] in U. S. A."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 104.46 cm (28 x 41 1/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_000135
387756
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2121
Language
English
Subject
Robbins Bros. Circus (1924-1931)
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Elephants--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1920-1930. (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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