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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : 4 horse chariot race

Description: 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.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1894?
Call number: priJLC_ENT_001334
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : rare zoological marvels

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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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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : a complete horse show of the most beautiful, best trained and sagacious equines ever exhibited

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Image of horses crowded into a central ring performing before spectators in a tented circus arena, with a clown and a rodeo horse in a side ring; with an upper left vignette of performing horses and an upper right vignette of statutes of famous military equestrians captioned "Joan of Arc," Battle for the Square," and "Washington."

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Sells Brothers' Enormous United Shows

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Also advertisement for the Chicago & North Western Railroad. Printer: Journal-Gazette Printing House, Columbus, Ohio Show location: Aurora, Illinois; Rockford, Illinois; Mankato, Minnesota

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

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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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John Robinson's Circus : Miss Billie Ward world's champion lady aerial gymnast

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Image of female aerialist Billie Ward hanging upside down from a rope in a tented circus arena; vignette of head-and-shoulders portrait of Billie Ward at upper right.

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Sells Brothers : Roman hippodrome 3 ring circus two elevated stages, 5 continent menagerie imperial Japanese troupe combined with Hassan Ben Ali's Moorish caravan Arabian nights' entertainment and spectacular pilgrimage to Mecca

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Image of an elephant race in a tented circus arena with three men in Indian dress riding elephants and holding spears.

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Sells Brothers' enormous united shows : 4 horse chariot race

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