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Sat, Jul 23, 2016 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Jul 24, 2016 11:00AM EDT
Lot 201

Group of Three Circus Broadsides.

Estimate: $150 - $200

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
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Group of Three Circus Broadsides. Various dates and publishers, ca. 1880-1920. Including King and Franklin's Monster Shows (ca. 1880) broadside featuring Suspender Jack and Black Wolf plus Nina The Tattooed Lady and Professor Neil's Greatest Dogs on Earth (9 x 40"); The Mighty Haag's Railroad Shows (10 x 28") pictorial broadside with vignettes of elephants and various acts; and The Great Wm. P. Hall Shows, Colossal Circus, Double Menagerie, starring the Five St. Leons, Two Herds of Performing Elephants, and others. Generally fair.

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