Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents "Scenes in the Grand Water Circus," 1895
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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.
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
Poster
Date Made
1895
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
35.784.168
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
Circus poster printed at top: THE BARNUM AND BAILEY / GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH / SCENES IN THE / GRAND WATER CIRCUS Printed at bottom: An Entirely New, Startling and Interesting Water Exhibition, / Terminating in Tremendous Headlong Dives From Enormous Heights. Shows various water performances.
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