Image of an advertisement for Barnum & Bailey circus featuring two adult and one baby giraffe fenced in a pen indoors with several other animals in cages in the background; portraits of Barnum & Bailey at left. "The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cinti New York London"--text, bottom left of image. "A giant specimen of his towering species. A rare, beautiful and most delicate animal, and only beast incapable of uttering a sound. The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, bottom center of image. "1891"--text, handwritten in pencil, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.79 x 103.19 cm (30 5/8 x 40 5/8 in.)
Advertising--Circus Animals--Pictorial works Barnum and Bailey Circus animals--Pictorial works Giraffe--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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