Grand metropolitan quadruple combination : consisting of Geo. F. Bailey & Co's extensive circus! with its star troupe of performers, splendid horses and gorgeous paraphernalia; Herr Driesbach's large and comprehensive menagerie! comprising a splendid collection of the finest specimens of the animal kingdom ever exhibited; G.C. Quick's collossal hippopotamus imported at a cost of forty thousand dollars. ... Sands, Nathans & Co.'s performing elephants, (Antony and Cleopatra, Victoria and Albert.) These various attractions will be exhibited under one canvas for the same price of admission which has heretofore been charged to each one separately,--making it the cheapest exhibition extant. ... The multitudinous combination will enter town in a grand procession at about 10 o'clock, A.M. on the day of the exhibition, headed by the immense hippopotamus den, drawn by a team of elephants, accompanied by a popular band of music. / Ring master and equestrian manager, Mr. Robert Ellingham. Leader of the band, Mr. A.D. Atwood. | Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections

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Contributor	Atwood, A. D.
	Burt, Sam.
	Burton, J.
	Clerment, Henri.
	Denzer Brothers.
	Driesbach, Jacob, 1807-1877.
	Ducrow, Gustave.
	Ellingham, Robert, 1819-1892.
	Franconi, Henri, 1818-1905.
	Geo. F. Bailey & Co.
	Nathans, Philo.
	Quick, Gerard C., 1811-1869.
	Rivers, Charles H. S., d. 1899.
	Sands, Nathans & co.
	Simoni, Auguste.
	Tremaine, Le Lieur.
	Ward, James M., d. 1888.
	McAllister, John A. 1822-1896, collector.
Title	Grand metropolitan quadruple combination : consisting of Geo. F. Bailey & Co's extensive circus! with its star troupe of performers, splendid horses and gorgeous paraphernalia; Herr Driesbach's large and comprehensive menagerie! comprising a splendid collection of the finest specimens of the animal kingdom ever exhibited; G.C. Quick's collossal hippopotamus imported at a cost of forty thousand dollars. ... Sands, Nathans & Co.'s performing elephants, (Antony and Cleopatra, Victoria and Albert.) These various attractions will be exhibited under one canvas for the same price of admission which has heretofore been charged to each one separately,--making it the cheapest exhibition extant. ... The multitudinous combination will enter town in a grand procession at about 10 o'clock, A.M. on the day of the exhibition, headed by the immense hippopotamus den, drawn by a team of elephants, accompanied by a popular band of music. / Ring master and equestrian manager, Mr. Robert Ellingham. Leader of the band, Mr. A.D. Atwood.
Title	At head of title: Norristown Monday, May 11th, 1863. Price of admission to the four shows 25 cents
Publisher	[Philadelphia, Pa..? : s.n]
Publisher	PA. Philadelphia. 1863
Date	[1863]
Physical Description	1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. ; 61 x 24 cm.
Notes	Performers include: Sam Burt, J. Burton, Henri Clerment, the Denzer Brothers, Gustave Ducrow, Henri Franconi, Philo Nathans, Charles Rivers, Auguste Simoni, Le Sieur Tremaine, and J.M. Ward.
	Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook.
	Digitized by Alexander Street Press for Images of the American Civil War.
Subject	Animal trainers.
	Circus -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
	Elephant trainers.
	Entertainment events -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
	Hippopotamus.
	Menageries -- Pennsylvania -- Norristown.
Genre	Broadsides.
	Playbills.
Provenance	McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location	Library Company of Philadelphia\| Books & Other Texts \| Rare \| PB 1863 Grand met (25)5761.F.70a (McAllister)
Accession number	(25)5761.F.70a (McAllister)