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Sells Brothers : Roman hippodrome 3 ring circus two elevated stages, 5 continent menagerie imperial Japanese troupe combined with Hassan Ben Ali's Moorish caravan Arabian nights' entertainment and spectacular pilgrimage to Mecca

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Title: Sells Brothers : Roman hippodrome 3 ring circus two elevated stages, 5 continent menagerie imperial Japanese troupe combined with Hassan Ben Ali's Moorish caravan Arabian nights' entertainment and spectacular pilgrimage to Mecca
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1887
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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 an elephant race in a tented circus arena with three men in Indian dress riding elephants and holding spears.
Probable date based on circus history; the show toured Australia in 1891 and returned to San Francisco in June 1892. "S=15"--text, top right margin. "The / Strobridge / Lith. Co. / Cin / NY / Lon"--text, bottom left corner of image. "Just Returned From Australia"--text, top center margin. "20 years before the public." --text, upper left of image. "The supreme test of merit is success."--text, upper right of image. "Elephant Races / by members selected from our monstrous herd giving / practice evidence of the great speed with which the animals / can move when contending with each other or against horse or man."--text, bottom center of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 108.27 x 78.11 cm (42 5/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000138
387708
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2131
Language: English
Subject: Sells Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Elephants--Pictorial works
East Indians--Pictorial works
Ethnic costume--Pictorial works
Racing--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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