1900ca LEON W WASHBURN ALLIED SHOWS BIG THREE RING CIRCUS, etc original handbill

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[CIRCUS / VAUDEVILLE HANDBILL; WASHBURN’S ALLIED SHOWS, ORIGINAL ca. 1990] LEON W. WASHBURN’S ALLIED SHOWS — BIG THREE RING CIRCUS
, Mammoth Museum, Royal Menagerie, Roman Hippodrome, Magnificent Water Carnival, Realistic Wild West, More Special Features Than Any Other Show on Earth, ca. 1900 original handbill (on reverse side of disbound scrabook page from dilapidated scrapbook is a news clipping dated 1896 and also a handbill for the Howard-Dorset Co. Repertoire with handwritten “Hannibal MO March 7, 1901”), 4-1/4” high x 9” across affixed to disbound lined page of scrapbook, gilded in parts, in upper left corner in small type “We use the Donaldson Cipher” [or Guide, a late 19th century complete guide to all the opera houses in the U. S. and Canada]
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very good, light normal wear including scattered light creasing from drying of glue over time.