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Coming! the mastodon! of the age! with the great New York and New Orleans zoological and equestrian exposition!

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Title: Coming! the mastodon! of the age! with the great New York and New Orleans zoological and equestrian exposition!
Creator: Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio), printer
Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio), publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1874
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 a hippopotamus with mouth agape in the wild with a mother and baby hippopotamus in the water behind.
"Entered according to act of Congress by Gibson & Co. in the year 187[4], in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington."--text, bottom left of image. "Coming on 60 Railroad Cars! 1000 Men, Horses and Animals!"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.56 x 70.17 cm (21 7/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000158
387742
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2152
Language: English
Subject: Great New York and New Orleans Zoological and Equestrian Exposition
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Hippopotamus--Pictorial works
New York and New Orleans Zoological and Equestrian Exposition
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1870-1880. (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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