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Title: Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey : the greatest show on Earth
Creator: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944
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 roaring tiger's head emerging from tropical vegetation, with a full moon in the sky; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower right; date sheet for a Monday, August 14th show in Decatur, Illinois, pasted below image.
"Copyright 1944 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows Inc."--text, bottom left margin. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin. "Decatur / Woodford St. / $ Garfield Ave. / Mon. Aug. 14"--text, bottom, date sheet.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 97.16 x 62.23 cm (38 1/4 x 24 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000025
385937
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1909
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Advertising--Circus
Animals--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Circus animals--Pictorial works
Tiger--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1940-1950. (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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