| Contributor |
Hopcraft & Co., printer. |
|
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Title |
[Lu Lu, the man bird] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
New York : Hopcraft & Co., 21-28 Barclay St |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1880 |
| Date |
[ca. 1880] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : chromolithograph ; 8 x 13.5 cm. (3 x 5.25 in.) |
| Description |
Illustrated trade card depicting Lu Lu the man bird wearing a hat with wings and winged shoes flying in the air over circus
tents, one of them labeled "Lu Lu". Lu Lu the man bird was one of the main features of W.C. Coup's Monster Four-Ring Circus
and Paris Hippodrome.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger from text printed on verso. |
|
Advertising text promoting the Great Paris Hippodrome and W. C. Coup's New United Monster Shows printed on verso. |
|
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
|
Digitized. |
| Subject |
Coup, W. C. (William Cameron), 1857-1895. |
|
Circuses & shows -- New York (State) -- New York. |
|
Circus performers. |
| Genre |
Trade cards -- 1870-1880. |
|
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. |
| Provenance |
Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909, collector. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Great [1975.F.505] |
| Accession number |
1975.F.505 |
