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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the great Florenz Troupe 12 in number

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Title: The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the great Florenz Troupe 12 in number
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1904
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 cartouche containing a group portrait of the Florenz Troupe, comprised of two female and ten male acrobats dressed in formal dress, centered within a large outdoor scene of the group performing two acrobatic routines simultaneously at left and right.
"1904 B. No. 12"--text, upper right margin. "Copyright 1904 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co / Cincinnati & New York"--text, lower right. "The greatest number of marvelous acrobats ever seen in one astounding act / The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution."--text, continuation of title, bottom caption.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 74.3 x 95.25 cm (29 1/4 x 37 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_000008
385920
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1755
Language: English
Subject: Barnum and Bailey
Acrobats--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--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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