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Title: Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Combined Circus : Clyde Beatty in person
Creator: Butler, Roland, 1887-1961, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
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 lion tamer with a stool and stick holding back a roaring lion on its hind legs; vignettes of a clown, hippopotamus, circus tent, and elephant at center left; "The World's Largest Circus" circular logo at top right; date sheet for a June 26, [1962], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.
Probable date based on month and day provided in date sheet text and performer history; Clyde Beatty performed with the circus from 1957 until his death in 1965. "Roland / Butler"--text, lower left of image. "Lorain / Kew Gardens Near Colo. Ave. / Auspices: Youth Center / Matinee and Night, / Tue. June 26"--text, bottom text panel.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 92.08 x 53.34 cm (36 1/4 x 21 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000153
387722
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2148
Language: English
Subject: Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus
Beatty, Clyde, 1903-1965--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Animal trainers--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Lion--Pictorial works
Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus (1959- )
Lithographs--Color--1950-1975. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1960-1970. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Entertainment
Large Size
Circus
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000155

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