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This oversized scrapbook consists of sections of printed Barnum, Bailey & Hutchinson circus advertising posters. The imagery includes circus tents, musical wagons (including the "Silver-Tubed Caliope" and "Sacred Chimes"), camels and horses, animal trainers, artillerymen seemingly of Middle Eastern descent (possibly part of the "Bedouin Arab" performers), acrobats, minstrel performers, African American musicians, and portraits of P. T. Barnum, J. A. Bailey, and J. L. Hutchinson. The back cover bears the print "Toilers of the Sea - Trawling on t[he Dogger Bank]," showing fishermen at sea.
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The Bell Theatre advertised themselves as having "all the latest motion pictures and vaudeville," and appeared to have been managed by Wallace Potter at the time of the items' creation. Some newspaper clippings reference a legal case of the city vs. Potter, who appears to have been arrested for operating his theatre contrary to an ordinance (passed over the mayor's veto) requiring moving picture shows to pay a license fee.
One newspaper article discussed an uptick in cocaine usage, calling it a "snow" habit. Some advertised events included minstrel shows/comedy acts and "prize baby" contests.