Handbill: Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson's Barnum & London Shows for Lowell, Mass. Friday July 11, 1884
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Handbill: Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson's Barnum & London Shows for Lowell, Mass. Friday July 11, 1884
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Handbill for Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson's Barnum and London Shows for Lowell, Mass. Friday July 11, 1884 featuring the Sacred White Elephant and Jumbo on both sides. On one side of the bill are advertisements for wild, savage, superstitious and idolatrous people, hippodrome races, and various horses and wild animals. Illustrations on the front of the handbill show some of the people in the advertisement for wild, savage, superstitious...people; trick cyclists; an Asiatic elephant resting in a pool and being fanned off by two men; the African elephant Jumbo walking down a city street with individuals all gawking at his size; and more exotic depictions of individuals from other countries cooking over a fire. On the other side of the bill are advertisements for the Sacred White Elephant and Jumbo the elephant, a double menagerie, and a dazzling free street pageant, and promises of two performances every day. Illustrated are a number of men fighting each other, women who look to be from southern Asia dancing, the Sacred White Elephant being worshipped by men; Jumbo the elephant holding up a banner for circus wagons to go underneath; and Chang, known as the Chinese giant, towering over a crowd. In one hand is a little person, and in the other is a pocket watch. Measures 29 inches by 10 inches. Printed by James Reilley. Barnum is best known for his involvement with the circus that still bears his name, but his circus ventures came about when he was in his 60s. The first show was called P.T. Barnumu2019s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus. Railroads propelled the circus to success, making it easier to reach a number of locations, and the intake was significant. Barnum then opened the New York Hippodrome with similar acts. In the 1880s, he encountered competition from other circuses. A merger between Barnum's show and the Great London Show of Cooper, Bailey, and Hutchinson formed the Barnum and London Circus. Negotiations in 1887 formed the Barnum and Bailey circus. The name remained until 1919 when it became the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. It came to an end in May 2017 when the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus ceased performances after 146 years.
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Creator (cre): James Reilley
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PTB-gc-hb006
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