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Title: Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1893
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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 two vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of circus owners P.T. Barnum, at upper right, and J. A. Bailey, at lower left.
Probable date based on form number in item text. "98 - B - No. 16"--text, top right margin. "Copyright 1897 by the Strobridge Lith Co. Cin'ti & New-York."--text, bottom left margin. "Printed in America."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 98.11 x 73.03 cm (38 5/8 x 28 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_001318
418271
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2180
Language: English
Subject: Barnum and Bailey
Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906--Portraits
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits
Advertising--Circus
Circus--United States
Circus owners--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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