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Title
Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the four Silbons, America's greatest troupe of aerialists
Creator
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1888
1889
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of the two female and two male members of the Silbon aerialist troupe performing, with a central image of the members performing on trapezes in multiple routines simultaneously, while a male circus performer balances on a moving horse in a circus ring with a clown in the background, and an image, at left, of the Silbons standing one-on-top of the other while balancing on hanging rings outdoors.
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on format of printer's job number (see priJLC 000013 for similar number) and general history of troupe as referenced in William Stout, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle, page 277: "Walter [Silbon] assumed the management of the troupe and joined Barnum & Bailey as early as 1893 and remained with the show until the close of the 1902 season." "B 36"--text, top right of image. "The / Strobridge Lith Co / Cin - NY - Lon"--text, bottom right of image. "whose daring mid-air performances and novel apparatus actually borders on the phenomenal. / Every act new, every feat a wonder. Daring flights, leaps and dives through space from perch to trapeze, / with most extraordinary aerial pyramids four high on the flying rings."--text, continuation of title, centered below image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, bottom centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 78.42 x 104.78 cm (30 7/8 x 41 1/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_001315
418268
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2177
Language
English
Subject
Barnum and Bailey
Acrobats--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Aerialists--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1890-1900. (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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