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Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Combined Circus : Big Otto blood sweating hippopotamus from the river Nile

Description
Image of a hippopotamus in the wild rising out of water with a gaping mouth; "The World's Largest Circus" circular logo at top right; date sheet for an August 19, [1963], show in Olean, New York, pasted below image.
Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
approximately 1963
Call number
priJLC_ENT_000154
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.)
Biggerstaff, Bill. (-1975.)
Butler, Roland, (1886-1955.)
Coplan, Maxwell Frederic. (1857-1927.)
Freeland, Forrest Dean, (1832-1910.)
Howe, George, (1890-1949.)
Potthast, Edward, (1848-1939.)
Rimanoczy, A., (1877-1952.)
Ripley, Robert L. (1878-1957.)
Rothengatter, Emil,
Sharp, Howard Bird,
Wood, Lawson,
Associated organizations
Acme Show Print (Firm)
American Show Print (Firm)
Central Ptg. and Illinois Litho. Co.
Central Show Printing Co.
Chicago Show Printing Co.
Colorcraft Poster Co.
Courier Company.
Courmont Freres.
Currier & Ives.
Donaldson Litho. Co.
Erie Litho. & Ptg. Co.
Gibson & Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Globe Poster Corp.
Graphics 2000 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
J.H. & F.F. Farwell (Firm)
Majestic Poster Press.
Neal Walters Poster Corporation.
Riverside Printing Company.
Strobridge Lithographing Company.
Triangle Poster & Printing Company.
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