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Title: The Barnum & Bailey supreme pageant Aladdin and his wonderful lamp
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1917
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
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Description: Image of a pageant of Aladdin and his lamp put on by the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth featuring performers in Asian-inspired dress; Aladdin kneels before the princess at center; guards stand at left and right; huge crowds of people circle the area in background; pagodas visible in background.
Date approximated by cataloger based on similar items in collection (priJLC_ENT_004726). "Copyright 1917 by The Strobridge Litho. Co. Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom right of image. "The most colorful, gorgeous, opulent pageant ever presented."--text, bottom center margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.04 x 101.44 cm (29 15/16 x 39 15/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_004731
503167
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5452
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Circus
Aladdin (Legendary character)--Pictorial works
Barnum and Bailey
Elephants--Pictorial works
Pagodas--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
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The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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