This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/16/2019
Barnum’s Circus “Sacred Elephant” Die Cuts. Circa 1880s. Pair of colorful chromolithograph die-cuts, the first of a horse-drawn New York trolley car, number 362 to Brooklyn Bridge, with gilt metallic lettering advertising Barnum’s Sacred Elephant, mounted to scrapbook page (trimmed), 5 ¾ x 10 ½”; the second a die-cut of the Sacred Elephant, 6 x 8”. Scrapes and light creases, but both quite well preserved. Together with two trade cards featuring sacred white elephants and one newspaper advertisement.