Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Image of lion tamer Terrell Jacobs (1903-1957) holding a whip in the center of a circus cage with numerous lions surrounding him with bared teeth.
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Visual Materials
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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Image of an attacking tiger and attacking lion, each with teeth and claws bared, separated by the printed title; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at lower left.
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Image of a female lion tamer performing with a lion; the lion rises on its hind legs as the woman pulls on suspender straps at the animal's mouth; two images of medallions with German text indicating an award of merit at the "Weltausstellung 1873 Wein" (1873 World Exposition in Vienna) with looped suspenders at top center; American Suspender Company monogram "ASC" at bottom center.
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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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Image of two vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of circus owners P.T. Barnum, at upper right, and J. A. Bailey, at lower left.
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