Image of a parade of circus wagons, each containing zoo animals and an animal trainer, proceeding around a track in an indoor arena with spectators looking on; the first wagon is labeled "Royal Bengal Tigers"; portraits of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey at left. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on date provided for copy in the Tibbals Digital Collection of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. "The / Strobridge / Lith Co / Cinti - NY - London"--text, lower right of image. "9"--text, number in triangle, top right of image. "7 different open dens of trained wild beasts-Lions, Tigers, Hyenas, / Leopards, Panthers, Bears and Wolves. Performed by male and female trainers in public parade/ and around the Hippodrome Circle"--text, caption below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 75.57 x 97.16 cm (29 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Bailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906--Portraits Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891--Portraits Advertising--Circus Animal trainers--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus owners--Pictorial works Circus animals--Pictorial works Circus wagons--Pictorial works Menageries--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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