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Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : dainty Miss Leitzel world's most marvelous lady gymnast

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Title: Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : dainty Miss Leitzel world's most marvelous lady gymnast
Creator: Strobridge Lithographing Company, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
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1930
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 central image of female aerialist Lillian Leitzel standing before stage curtains, with a vignette of Leitzel holding herself up in midair from a rope at left, and a vignette of Leitzel hanging upside down from a rope before spectators in a tented circus arena at right; "Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo in upper left of image.
Probable date based on printer's job number in item text. "R-B-2549"--text, top right margin. "© The Strobridge Litho. Co. Cinti & N.Y."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 52.23 x 70.8 cm (20 9/16 x 27 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ENT_001312
418266
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2175
Language: English
Subject: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Leitzel, Lillian--Pictorial works
Acrobats--Pictorial works
Advertising--Circus
Aerialists--Pictorial works
Circus--United States
Circus performers--Pictorial works
Women circus performers--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1925-1950. (gmgpc)
Circus posters--1920-1930. (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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