Rare Books

The lion's den

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Description: A book with a pop-up illustration depicting a poem. The poem, "Lion Queen," is printed on page [3] while the pop-up illustration is attached to page [2] and part of page [3]. It contains two free-standing panels as well as a background panel and depicts a woman lion tamer in a circus cage, as well as a wolf in the foreground.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [approximately 1886?]
Call number: 664790
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last Trust, June 2022.
Dimensions: 29 cm.
Associated people: Last, Jay T.,
Associated organization: McLoughlin Bros.,
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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : Terrell Jacobs the lion king presenting the world's most sensational group of jungle-bred performers

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Image of lion tamer Terrell Jacobs (1903-1957) holding a whip in the center of a circus cage with numerous lions surrounding him with bared teeth.

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Sells Floto Circus

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Image of a female lion tamer in a cage with twelve performing lions, including one lion jumping through a ring of fire.

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A book with a pop-up illustration illustrating a poem. Poem, The snake charmer, is printed on p. [3] while the pop-up illustration is attached to p. [2] and part of p. [3]. It contains two free-standing paper panels as well as a background panel and depicts two children and their mother standing in front of a stage. A female snake charmer and numerous snakes are at the nearest part of the stage while an African warrior in feathers, brandishing shield and spear, is at the back.

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Lion brace : manufactured by the American Suspender Company

Visual Materials

Image of a female lion tamer performing with a lion; the lion rises on its hind legs as the woman pulls on suspender straps at the animal's mouth; two images of medallions with German text indicating an award of merit at the "Weltausstellung 1873 Wein" (1873 World Exposition in Vienna) with looped suspenders at top center; American Suspender Company monogram "ASC" at bottom center.

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M.L. Clark & Son's combined shows and trained animal exhibition : the lion queen and her den of untamables

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Image of a costumed female lion tamer shooting at four attacking lions with a pistol; small vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of M. L. Clark, at upper left, and Lee Clark, at upper right.

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Red Lion camp meeting

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Image of the Red Lion camp meeting held August 6-14, 1853, near Red Lion, Delaware; large quantity of tents in a forest centered around the pulpit with people and horse-drawn vehicles gathering under the trees.

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