Image of a collage of three images of a hippopotamus with a costumed male animal trainer exhibited before circus spectators; portraits of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey at left. Probable date approximated by cataloger. "11"--text, numbers in triangle, top right of image. "The / Strobridge Lith Co / Cinti NY London"--text, bottom center of image. "Actual weight / 6000 pounds"--text, lower left of image. "Exhibited at / every performance"--text, lower right of image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 76.36 x 100.65 cm (30 1/16 x 39 5/8 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906--Portraits Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits Advertising--Circus Animal trainers--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Circus owners--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Hippopotamus--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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