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Cole Bros. Circus : Cole Bros. Circus presents quarter-million pound act of performing elephants the most colossal trained animal display ever presented

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Title: Cole Bros. Circus : Cole Bros. Circus presents quarter-million pound act of performing elephants the most colossal trained animal display ever presented
Creator: Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
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 elephants performing in circus rings, with elephants forming a pyramid led by an animal trainer in the foreground and elephants walking on their hind legs in background
Probable date approximated by cataloger based on similar advertisements and circus history; the name Cole Bros. Circus was used for shows beginning in 1935 after a break of five years "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin. "Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co., Erie, Pa. No. 12561"--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 77.15 x 106.05 cm (30 3/8 x 41 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000099
387780
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2095
Language: English
Subject: Cole Bros. Circus
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Elephants--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
Relation: priJLC_ENT_000094

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