Great London Circus Handbill
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Two-sided handbill from the Great London Circus and Sanger’s Royal British Menagerie. The circus itself is advertised as “The great parade of the century” and “The only show that can afford to use the electric light!” It advertises menagerie, caravan, aquarium, aviary, Arapaho Indians, museum, coliseum, hippodrome, calisthenic exhibition, jubilee singers, and Leviathan Corps of Equestrians, Gymnasts, and Athletes. The sole proprietors are Cooper, Bailey & Co., and the advertised performance is in Fredericksburg.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Circus
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3021.003
label: nonaccession number
content: 2017.3021
label: catalog number
content: 2017.3021.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: playbill
label: Object Name
content: advertisement
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 in x 13 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 33.655 cm