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Title
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers greatest shows consolidated
Creator
Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1900
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of three vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of circus owners Peter Sells, at left, Adam Forepaugh, at center, and Lewis Sells, at right.
"1900 S No. 73"--text, top right margin. "Copyright 1900 by the Strobridge Litho Co Cin'ti & New York"--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 73.66 x 98.74 cm (29 x 38 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_ENT_001331
418283
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2193
Language
English
Subject
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus
Forepaugh, Adam, 1831-1890--Portraits
Sells, Lewis, 1841-1907--Portraits
Sells, Peter, 1845-1904--Portraits
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus owners--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1900-1910. (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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