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Title: Wallace Bros. World’s Largest Circus
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
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 female circus performer balancing on the head of an elephant, with horses standing on their hind legs in the foreground; date sheet for a July 4, [1961], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.
Probable date based on month and day provided in item text and history of circus; the Wallace Bros. Circus had a show in Lorain, Ohio, on July 4, 1961. "Lorain / QKEW Gardens on Colo. Ave. / Sponsored By: Lorain Youth Center Boy and Girls Club / Afternoon / and Night / Tue. July 4"--text, bottom, date sheet.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 126.05 x 35.56 cm (49 5/8 x 14 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000144
387865
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2141
Language: English
Subject: Wallace Bros. Circus (1961)
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Elephants--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1950-1975. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1960-1970. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Circus
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000142 ; priJLC_ENT_000143 ; priJLC_ENT_000145

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