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Orange co. fairgrounds Orange co. voiture 527 40-8 Sun. Feb. 8 2:00 P.M. & &:00 P.M

Description: Image of a poster advertising Gene Holter's wild animal races and show, including photographic images of men in robes and turbans racing on camelback, an elephant sitting upright with a man balanced on its head and trunk, and three men racing in small carts pulled by ostriches in front of stands fully packed with onlookers; the poster advertises a show at the Orange County, California, fairgrounds.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1959
Call number: priJLC_FAIR_003039
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Associated people: Ackermann, Emil F., (1840-)

The fire show fighting the flames : department arriving at fire

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Image of a horse-drawn fire engine and firefighters racing to the scene of a raging fire at a drugstore, with police holding back onlookers; the poster advertises the fire-disaster show "Fighting the Flames" performed for audiences at amusement parks.

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George Knight's Comedy Co. over the garden wall by Scott Marble

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Image of an outdoor courtyard with two servants and a man pushing two baby carriages and holding crying babies while onlookers watch; with vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of German comedian George S. Knight and his wife, American burlesque performer Sophie Worrell Knight, at bottom center; fragment of a date sheet for the Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pasted at bottom; the poster advertises the musical and burlesque show "Over the Garden Wall" by Scott Marble that was produced by the Knights.

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Cole Bros. Circus : largest menagerie on Earth

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Image of a circus menagerie with spectators viewing fenced and caged zoo animals including elephants, hippopotamus, polar bears, ostriches, seals, and zebras; "World Toured" globe logo at bottom right corner; "Cole Bros. Circus" panel pasted over another name printed on poster, presumably the Robbin Bros. Circus; date sheet for a June 18, [1936], show promoting "Ken Maynard's Wild West" in New London, Connecticut, pasted below image.

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Haverly’s European Mastodon Minstrels : 40 original 40

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Image of seven captioned vignettes of minstrel show acts: "Haverly's Double California Quartette Assisted by 8 Choristers" with eight men in blackface holding songbooks and singing in a row at top left; "Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels on the grand Parade" with a marching band performing on a street at top center; "The Eight Eminent End Men" with blackface men dancing and holding tambourines at top right; "Haverly's Great Extensive First Part. Numbering Forty Celebrated Artists" with men in blackface sitting in an orchestra, dancing, and playing musical instruments at center; "The Resplendent Clog Tournament" with costumed men in blackface dancing at lower left; a formal head-and-shoulders portrait of show proprietor Jack Haverly at bottom center; and "The Mammoth Song and Dance Festival" with men and women in blackface dancing at bottom right.

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The Soudan

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Image of a battle scene with Sudanese soldiers wearing turbans on horseback with spears and swords fighting Arab soldiers on foot with rifles; the poster advertises the melodrama "The Soudan," first performed in England under the title "Human Nature."

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A. Turner & Co’s combined menagerie and circus

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Image of a white tiger sitting with three playful cubs in a four-sheet poster with text advertising featured animals from the show; with date information for a May 14, 1851, show in Reading, Pennsylvania.

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Orange co. fairgrounds Orange co. voiture 527 40-8 Sun. Feb. 8 2:00 P.M. & &:00 P.M

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