Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus Present a "Most Wonderful Elephant Exhibition," 1896
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Artifact Overview
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1896
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.91
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Strobridge Lithographing Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height : 40.25 in
Width: 30.25 in
Inscriptions
Printed at top: ADAM FOREPAUGH & SELLS BROTHERS/ENORMOUS SHOWS COMBINED.
Printed below image:
16 to 1 With This Big Show Has No Reference Whatever to Either Gold Or Silver, But It Means There Are Actually Sixteen Elephants / In This One Double Herd, Embracing Every Known Species Of Elephant Including The Largest And Smallest In Captivity, And The Only/Nursing Baby Elephant Ever On Exhibition In This Part of the World. Absolutely The Most Wonderful Elephant Exhibition On The Face of The Earth.
Printed at lower right: Copyright 1896 By / THE/STROBRIDGE / Lith Co / Cinti & N.Y.
Printed at upper right of image: S-41
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