Image of a whiteface clown riding on a circus elephant’s trunk; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at top left. "Bill Bailey"--text, artist's signature, bottom left corner of image. "Copyrighted 1945, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows, Inc."--text, bottom left margin. "Litho. in U.S.A."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 photomechanical : color printed ; overall 52.39 x 71.44 cm (20 5/8 x 28 1/8 in.)
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Circus animals--Pictorial works Clowns--Pictorial works Elephants--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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