Great Western Railway Collection Posters Taff Vale Railway Barnum & Bailey Circus at Cardiff 21 June 1893 (RAIL 1014/51)
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Taff Vale Railway
Excursions to the
BARNUM AND BAILEY
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
New features, new acts, new prodigies, greater larger & better than ever
One ticket admits to add advertised attractions
Every afternoon at 2 every night at 8
Doors open one hour previous
CARDIFF, SOPHIA PARK Recreation Grounds,
4 DAYS ONLY, commencing
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21
FREQUENT AND CONVENIENT SERVICE OF TRAINS for Visitors to the Show.
For Particulars of CHEAP EXCURSION BOOKING see the Railway Company’s Announcements.
3. This is a poster for the Barnum and Bailey circus. Compare this poster to the one in Source 1:
- If you had to choose to go to one of the shows, which one would you have chosen and why?
- Do you think the Barnum and Bailey circus was as large as the one shown in Source 1?