Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth | Collections | The Huntington

Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth | Collections | The Huntington

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The Barnum Bailey greatest show on Earth
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Image of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey with a branch with leaves and berries separating the oval frames.
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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : Déry the most intricate and difficult balancing act in the world. : the 3 Lienerts sensational act the promenade on the horizontal mirror. : The 3 Arleys marvelous act performing the feats exactly as shown in the picture
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Image of three different acrobatic acts being performed before spectators under a circus tent: two male acrobats balancing on a stack of tables, three female circus performers standing upside down on a mirror suspended from the ceiling, and six male acrobats performing balancing acts with poles; small vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey in upper left corner.
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Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : Winston's remarkable riding, juggling aerobatic seals most wonderful trained animal feature of the age
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Image of a collage of three images of a costumed male animal trainer in a circus ring with seals consisting of an image of four seals balancing balls while two of the seals ride on the backs of horses and one sits in a horse-drawn carriage, at right; an image of the trainer watching one seal complete a flip in a stop-motion-like view, at upper left; and an image of the trainer watching one seal balance a lamp on its nose while sitting on a ball while another seal balances a cross-shaped item on its nose, at lower left; small vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of P.T. Barnum and J.A. Bailey in upper left corner.
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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : les plus vastes les plus prodigieux spectacles du monde
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Image of Japanese aerialists, acrobats, and jugglers, some wearing kimonos, performing acts, with a lower left corner vignette of two men fighting with swords captioned "Exercices de Guerriers," and a lower right vignette of two men fencing, captioned "Escrime Japonaise"; small portrait of P.T. Barnum at upper left and small portrait of J. A. Bailey at upper right; with a French stamp and obscured Barnum and Bailey stamp at upper left.
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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : the Ching-Ling-He and Tia Pen troupes
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Image of twenty-two Chinese circus performers on two stages, including acrobats, plate spinners, and jugglers, with three standard-bearers holding lanterns in the background; small vignette portraits of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey at upper left.
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The Barnum & Bailey big free street parade : is the most magnificent, largest, greatest processional spectacle ever seen given absolutely free at 10 o'clock a.m. preceding the initial exhibition of the greatest show on earth
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Image of a circus street parade with a procession of costumed riders on horses, elephants, camels, and caged circus wagons containing zoo animals; small portrait vignettes of P.T. Barnum and J. A. Bailey in the upper left corner.
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