Image of male and female equestrians dressed in formal riding outfits and performing in a tented circus arena with five women both in horse-drawn buggies and on horseback with three dogs in the foreground; two of the women are dressed in Spanish riding costumes and one carriage and horse have garlands of roses. "1904 B. No. 14"--text, top right margin. "Copyright 1904 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co/ Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom right of image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.52 x 98.11 cm (30 1/8 x 38 5/8 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Advertising--Circus Animal trainers--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Horsemen and horsewomen--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Women circus performers--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1900-1910. (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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