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Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

Description: Image in two separate panels: top image of title "Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus" and a bottom image of the head of a roaring lion head; "The Greatest Circus on Earth" globe logo at bottom left of lion panel.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 196?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000091
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Bailey, Bill. (1887-1961.)

Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Combined Circus : Clyde Beatty in person

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Image of a lion tamer with a stool and stick holding back a roaring lion on its hind legs; vignettes of a clown, hippopotamus, circus tent, and elephant at center left; "The World's Largest Circus" circular logo at top right; date sheet for a June 26, [1962], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.

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Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Combined Circus

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Image of the head of a laughing whiteface clown; date sheet for a May 10-11th show in Newark, New Jersey, pasted below image.

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Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. World’s Largest Circus

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Image of a whiteface clown standing next to a female circus performer sitting on a white horse; date sheet for a May 10-11th show in Newark, New Jersey, pasted below image.

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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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Cole Bros. Circus

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Image of elephants performing in circus rings, with elephants forming a pyramid led by an animal trainer in the foreground and elephants walking on their hind legs in background; "Cole Bros. Circus" panel pasted over "Robbins Bros. Circus" title; 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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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey : the greatest show on Earth

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Image of a roaring tiger's head emerging from tropical vegetation, with a full moon in the sky; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower right; date sheet for a Monday, August 14th show in Decatur, Illinois, pasted below image.

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Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

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