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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. : Section 10. Delightful illustrations of Arabian nights' tales and nursery rhymes

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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth. : Section 10. Delightful illustrations of Arabian nights' tales and nursery rhymes
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1898
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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 parade procession of horse-drawn wagons in a street pageant put on by the Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth featuring representations of fairy tales and nursery rhymes.
Date approximated by cataloger based on similar items in collection (priJLC_ENT_004726). "The Strobridge Lith. Co. Cin. N.Y. & Lon."--text, bottom right of image. "Of living tableaux on newly designed & gorgeous floats, in the children's division of the new million dollar free street parade. The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution."--text, bottom center margin. "B-39"--text, top right of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.2 x 101.6 cm (30 x 40 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_004729
503165
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5453
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Circus
Barnum and Bailey
Circus parades--Pictorial works
Horse-drawn vehicles--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Nursery rhymes--Pictorial works
Parades--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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