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Barnum & Bailey Circus | They make a Roman chariot race look like the Indy 500

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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

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1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Barnum & Bailey Circus

The Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth. Écuyers debout, montant sur chevaux sans scelles reproduction réalistique des cours au colysée dy temps de l’empire romain. Cincinnati & New York: The Strobridge Litho Co, 1896


Color lithograph poster (29 1/2 x 36 5/8 in.; 750 x 930 mm). Designated "Printed in America"; central vertical crease repaired with small chip at head and foot, tiny bit of recoloring to the latter, a very few other tears, chiefly marginal. Laid down on linen.


Stunt riders recreate a Roman Colosseum race.