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ITEM 1:
CIRCUS POSTER ART. Christy Bros. 5 Ring Wild Animal Show Circus Poster. A superb chromo-lithograph poster depicting a large crowd of people walking through rows of cages and pens holding many species of animals in various sizes, including a row of elephants on the right edge, and a rhinoceros and two hippopotamuses in the foreground. Circa 1925. Measures a full 42 x 28 inches in magnificent color!

ITEM 2:
BEER ADVERTISING. [CUSTER’S LAST STAND]. A rather remarkable full-color lithograph advertising item from the Anheuser-Busch Corporation, being a 42 ½ x 32 inch depiction of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, as Custer is surrounded Indians, in his last dying moments. Entitled “Custer’s Last Fight,” this large ad was based upon an idea that Adolphus Busch originally conceived in 1888, after seeing Cassilly Adams version of “Custer’s Last Fight,” that measured 16 feet 5 inches by 9 feet 6 inches, and that was painted on a wagon canvas for a traveling exhibit.