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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus : the circus kings of all time

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Title: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus : the circus kings of all time
Creator: Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
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 head-and-shoulders profile portraits of the seven founders of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circuses with their names below their portraits: Otto Ringling, Charles Ringling, Alf T. Ringling, P.T. Barnum, James A. Bailey, John Ringling, and Al. Ringling.
Probable date supplied by cataloger based on date provided for copy held in the Tibbals Digital Collection of the Ringling Museum of Art. "The World-Famous / Founders of The / Greatest Show on Earth / whose names have long been / household words in every land. / Their names, which stand for all that is Biggest / and Best in the realm of gigantic amusements, / have now been welded into one, all-inclusive title: - / Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Circus"--text, continuation of title, lower left of image. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin. "Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co. Erie, Pa.-15340-"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 104.78 x 71.76 cm (41 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000037
385949
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2018
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906--Portraits
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits
Ringling, Albert, 1852-1916--Portraits
Ringling, Alfred, 1861-1919--Portraits
Ringling, Charles, 1868-1926--Portraits
Ringling, John, 1866-1936--Portraits
Ringling, William Otto, 1858-1911--Portraits
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus owners--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1930-1940. (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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