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Kiralfy Bros

Description: Image of a parade of male and female soldiers led by two boys playing musical instruments in a procession through a medieval European town square festooned with floral garlands and thrown flowers past a royal court with a king and queen sitting on their throne on a platform in the background; the performers wear historical costumes including suits of armor, and helmets, including some furry lion or cat helmets, and they carry shields and swords, and banners and flags.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1874 and 1891
Call number: priJLC_ENT_000319
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Kiralfy Bros. new brilliant production : around the world in 80 days

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Image of a large group of female performers in a variety of international costumes standing and sitting with vases, banners, curtains, and columns, and a sign reading "Porselin[sic]"; vignettes of head-and-shoulder portraits of two men, presumably Bolossy Kiralfy and Imre Kiralfy in ovals at top right; the poster advertises the play "Around the World in Eighty Days" based on the novel by Jules Verne.

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Kiralfy Bro's’ Enchantment

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Image of a central image of a dance performance in a royal court arena surrounded by a collage of seven vignettes showing dramatic and dance scenes with performers wearing historical costumes in medieval town settings, captioned "A monkey bride," "The Corps De Ballet," "Ephemerals," The Plain of Windmills," "The Magic Bush's Disclosure," "The Gondola Fete," and "Brilliantine's Promise"; ornamented with palm fronds with a snake curled around them; the poster advertises the dance spectacle "Enchantment" produced by the Kiralfy Brothers.

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Kiralfy Bros.’ Enchantment

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Image of three main vignettes showing dance and dramatic scenes with performers including dancers in Egyptian, historical, and burlesque-style costumes, with a windmill, a couple holding hands, and a man pushing another man off of a ledge; with two top center head-and-shoulder portraits of Imre Kiralfy and Bolossy Kiralfy; the poster advertises the dance and musical spectacle "Enchantment" produced by the Kiralfy Brothers; pasted to the verso is an untitled poster fragment with four vignettes entitled "Brilliantine's Promise," "Ephemerals," Obera's Palace," and [Babylon] showing scenes in classical settings; this poster fragment may also advertise "Enchantment" which included a character named "Fairy Brilliantine."

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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on Earth : Imre Kiralfy’s Columbus and the discovery of America

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Image of an outdoor scene with explorer Christopher Columbus presenting Native Americans before the throne of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in Barcelona, Spain, with servants, soldiers, onlookers, and buildings in background.

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Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus

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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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Capell Bros. Shows : and free circus

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Image of an elephant, lion, tiger, two aerialists on a trapeze, and the face of a whiteface clown encircling a portion of the title.

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Kiralfy Bros

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