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New York Dog Show... P. T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth" ad...
New York Dog Show... P. T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth" ad...
Item # 174142
May 26, 1877
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 26, 1877 Full ftpg. Nast cartoon. Fullpg. illus. of many prize dogs captioned: "The Great Bench Show of Dogs, New York Hippodrome" plus a related article on the facing page, titled: "The Great Bench Show". This was the now-famous Westminster Dog Show. 1/2 pg: 'Charcoal burning in Nevada'. Doublepage centerfold Nast cartoon captioned: "The Present Crusade - The Attitude Of The Czar Declaring War Against The Turks". Fullpg: 'The Permanent Exhibition, Philadelphia'. Also present is a P. T. Barnum Greatest Show on Earth advertisement.
Category: 1870-1879
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