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Barnum's Circus and J.A. Godfrey & Co., Thursday June 9th.
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Trade card; Front: Advertises Barnum's Circus and J. A. Godfrey & Co., Thursday, June 9th event; colorful fall vignette landscape of trees, leaves, grass, and water.
Trade card; Front: Three trapeze artists in blue and yellow suits with red footwear; two hanging upside-down from structure; one flying through air (color).
Trade card; Front: Three trapeze artists in blue and yellow suits with red footwear; two hanging upside-down from structure; one flying through air (color).
Trade card; Front: White elephant standing on platform scale holding "Fairbanks standard scales" sign in trunk; a crowd of people watching weigh-in; tent in background with American flag flying.
Every Man Rides His Own Hobby. Use our Diamond Flavoring Extracts, A. Ethridge & Co.
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Trade card; Front: Caricature of P.T. Barnum riding a green and yellow toy train, train reads "The Greatest Show on Earth!!!"; small monkey wearing a red coat, blue pants; red flag with image of white elephant; artist signature "Kash";...
Every Man Rides His Own Hobby. Our Hobby, Clothing, Myers & Heim No. 508 Penn Street, Reading, PA.
Description:
Trade card; Front: Caricature of P.T. Barnum riding a green and yellow toy train, train reads "The Greatest Show on Earth!!!"; small monkey wearing a red coat, blue pants; red flag with image of white elephant; artist signature "Kash";...
Trade card; Front: Caricature of P.T. Barnum riding a green and yellow toy train, train reads "The Greatest Show on Earth!!!"; small monkey wearing a red coat, blue pants; red flag with image of white elephant; artist signature "Kash."
Trade card; Front: White elephant standing on platform scale holding "Fairbanks Standard Scales" sign in trunk; a crowd of people watching weigh-in; tent in background with American flag flying.
Greatest Show on Earth P.T. Barnum's Culminating Triumph, Museum, Menagerie & Circus & Academy of Object Teaching 1776-1876.
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Trade card; Front: Mirror design of American flag with thirty-nine white stars (a flag that never actually existed), advertising P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth.
Bunnell's Museum, One Week, Commencing Sept. 6; Matinees, Tues., Thurs. and Sat.
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Trade card, Front: Advertises Bunnell's Museum, One Week, Commencing Sept. 6; Matinees, Tues., Thurs. and Sat.; floral designs decorating the top left corner.
Trade card, Front: Colorful scene of a hippopotamus with three individuals with spears in front in a waterway with three additional hippopotamuses in the background.
Trade card; Front: Two ostrich running with antelope on grass; faint image of a hunter with gun in the background; framed by red header "The Burr Robbins" and footer "American & German Allied Shows."
Trade card; Front: Lush green landscape with three tigers, one lying, two standing; framed by red header "The Burr Robbins" and footer "American & German Allied Shows."
Trade card; Front: Colorful image of a woman in red bathing suit diving off a bridge; her figure is shown at four different points during the sequence of the dive.
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