File:A congress of the great birds of the world, poster for Forepaugh and Sells Brothers, ca. 1898.jpg

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Description Promotional poster for Forepaugh & Sells Brothers. Caption reads: "A congress of the giant birds of the world, embracing splendid African ostriches, only living specimen on exhibition of the Australian emu--next in size to the ostrich, Asiatic cassowary, or hair bird, and other remarkable birds of strange and beautiful plumage. No other menagerie contains such valuable birds. We exhibit them. No other show does."
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