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1 - Color lithographic advertising poster for the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows; text at the top of the poster reads: "Detroit - 2 Days Mon. July 17 Tues. July 18 Grand River Avenue Show Grounds, the poster shows "Mighty Martha and Tiny Toodles" a hippopotamus mother and daughter with several onlookers, two pictures of mother and daughter above, a tiger in a cage can also be seen in the background, text at the top of the illustration reads: "Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Combined Shows", text at the bottom of the illustration set against a yellow background reads: "Three Ton Mother Hippopotamus and Her Recently Born Merest Mite of a Baby Greatest Contrast in all Nature Between Adult & Offspring. A Rare Zoological Attraction", text along the bottom right border reads "(c) The Strobridge Litho Co. Cincinnati & New York."
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