Visual Materials

Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. : Capt. Astronaut the human projectile

Description: Image of a man being shot out of a canon in a tented circus arena with spectators in the grandstands in the background; "World's Largest Circus" circular logo at lower right of image.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1961
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001309
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.

Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

Visual Materials

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.

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

Visual Materials

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 : the world's tallest giraffe

Visual Materials

Image of a giraffe with tree silhouettes in background; "The World's Largest Circus" circular logo at lower right; date sheet for a June 26, [1962], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.

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Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows : dainty Miss Leitzel world's most marvelous lady gymnast

Visual Materials

Image of a central image of female aerialist Lillian Leitzel standing before stage curtains, with a vignette of Leitzel holding herself up in midair from a rope at left, and a vignette of Leitzel hanging upside down from a rope before spectators in a tented circus arena at right; "Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo in upper left of image.

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Clyde Beatty and Cole Bros. World’s Largest Circus

Visual Materials

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

Visual Materials

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.

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Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. : Capt. Astronaut the human projectile

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