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Conover, R.E. 1959. The Great Forepaugh Show: America’s largest circus from 1864 to 1894. Xenia, Ohio, Conover. pp. i-ii, 1-17, figs. 1-12.

The Great Forepaugh Show: America’s largest circus from 1864 to 1894

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Adam Forepaugh (1831-1890), USA. An undated documents in coll. Adam Forepaugh in Winter Quarters on Day's Lane, east of Germantown, 22nd Ward, Philadelphia, ca. 1873 states that a large fire on 20 Dec 1873 destroyed all, including one rhinoceros [sumatrensis ?]

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