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Trade card, Back: Advertises "Capadura half dime, capadura de la reina, capadura olivette. Dealers only supplied by R.C. Brown & Co. New York. Branch, 601 and 603 Market St. Philadelphia."
Trade card, Front: Trade card in the shape of a butterfly (color); advertises W.W. Cole's Great Circus and United Shows; entirely new amphitheater and stage; great acts just from foreign lands.
Trade card, Front: A kitchen scene of a woman, Cinderella, and a cat seated in front of a fireplace with another woman dressed in a costume leaning in through the open window with a wand raised in her hand.
Trade card, Front: Illustration of a rhinoceros on the side of a riverbank; framed by red header "P. Ryan's Menagerie of Wild Beasts" and footer "W. O'Dale Stevens' Great Pacific Comb'n and James Robinson's Champion Circus."
The Great North American Circus and Humpty Dumpty Pantomime Troupe.
Description:
Trade card, Front: A fancily dressed woman wearing a green dress riding sidesaddle on a white dappled horse surrounded by a red and yellow ornamental border.
Trade card, Front: Multiple scenes of a clown and elephant; one of the elephant pushing the clown on a swing; one with the elephant and clown balancing; two others.
W.C. Coup's Monster Show, combined with the Great Paris Hippodrome.
Description:
Trade card, Front: Scene illustrating four galloping horses with women riding sidesaddle on horseback; the single white horse and rider have fallen to the ground.
Trade card; Front: Divided frame of two hippopotamuses; two giraffes; framed by red header "P. Ryan's Menagerie of Wild Beasts" and footer "W. O'Dale Stevens' Great Pacific Comb'n and James Robinson's Champion Circus."
Trade card; Front: Colorful image of a woman in red bathing suit diving off a bridge; her figure is shown at four different points during the sequence of the dive.
Trade card, Front: A scene of a costumed woman with her arm crossed over her chest kneeling on a red ornate chair with yellow fabric draped to the floor.
Trade card, Front: Scene of three costumed elephants in a boxing ring; one elephant, Sullivan, with a glove on its trunk punches a clown while Bolivar, the largest elephant alive, and the third elephant stand by.
Trade card; Front: Two ostrich running with antelope on grass; faint image of a hunter with gun in the background; framed by red header "The Burr Robbins" and footer "American & German Allied Shows."
Trade card, Front: A scene of a costumed female performer standing on a platform at the top of a ladder and another female performer midair headfirst jumping into the net below, surrounded by a large crowd and multiple tents.
Trade card, Front: Illustration of a three-ring circus depicting various acts (left); illustration of a woman in costume sitting in a chair with another costumed woman behind her looking in a mirror (right).
Trade card, Front: Illustration of a three-ring circus with a clown holding a balloon as a bareback rider jumps through and an equestrian directs the horse, a Roman riding act, and an aerial act.
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