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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : rare zoological marvels

Description: Image of spectators in a circus tent viewing zoo animals in circus wagons including a lion, tigers, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, and a polar bear, and elephants and giraffes in fenced areas; the hippopotamus cage includes a pool and the sign "Only pair of Hippopotami male & female with any exhibition," and the roof of the tiger cage has the sign "The entire & undivided plant of 2 stupendous menageries, each hitherto the largest in existence and now exhibited as one"; small vignette with group head-and-shoulders portrait presumably of three Sells brothers Ephraim Sells, Peter Sells, and Lewis Sells at upper left.
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Date: approximately 1894?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001333
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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : 4 horse chariot race

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Image of a chariot race around a track in a tented circus arena, with two female drivers each driving teams of four horses in the foreground, followed by a third chariot driven by a male driver; small vignette with group head-and-shoulders portrait presumably of three Sells brothers Ephraim Sells, Peter Sells, and Lewis Sells at upper left.

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : a partial display of the new enormous menagerie & characteristic groupings of strange and savage people

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Image of a tented circus arena with spectators viewing Asian and African performers who form the "Grand Ethnological Congress," with models of their native housing structures and flags labeled "Algerians," "Australians," "Burmese," "Siamese," "Dyaks," and "Cossacks," and zoo animals in circus wagons on the perimeter; animals include star chimpanzees "Chiko and Johanna," giraffes, tigers, rhinoceroses, lions, polar bears, hippopotamuses, and bears.

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Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey : the world's biggest menagerie

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Image of a large circus tent with spectators viewing a menagerie of zoo animals in caged circus wagons and behind fences in a central arena; caged animals include seals, lions, tigers, polar bears, monkeys, and a tapir; the fenced animals include giraffes, elephants, a rhinoceros, hippopotamuses, gorillas, ostriches, antelope, bison, zebras, deer, and camels; center cage is labeled "Mr. and Mrs. Gargantua the Great"'; "The Greatest Show on Earth" globe logo at bottom right.

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Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers greatest shows consolidated

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Image of three vignettes with head-and-shoulder portraits of circus owners Peter Sells, at left, Adam Forepaugh, at center, and Lewis Sells, at right.

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Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. 2nd largest circus : largest, most varied and valuable collection of rare animals

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Image of a circus menagerie with spectators viewing animals in caged circus wagons and fenced-in areas; animals include giraffes, a hippopotamus in a cage labeled "World's largest and only trained hippopotamus," a rhinoceros, zebras, lions, tigers, pears, polar bears, elephants, and camels; date sheet for a Tuesday, July 30, [1946], show in Lorain, Ohio, pasted below image.

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : interior view of the great double menageries

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Image of spectators in a large tent viewing zoo animals, with animals including rhinoceroses, lions, hippopotamuses, polar bears, giraffes, and seals in caged circus wagons, and animals including cows, including one cow with a third eye and miniature zebu cows with humps, oxen, zebras, horses, llamas, deer, camels, and elephants in a center roped area.

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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : rare zoological marvels

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