Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Present "The Natural Kingdom's Only Cosmopolitan Capital," 1896
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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
1896
Subject Date
1896
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.226
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: ADAM FOREPAUGH & SELLS BROTHERS / ENORMOUS SHOWS COMBINED / IN MIGHTY / UNION Printed at bottom: ONLY PAIR OF GIANT, FULL-GROWN HIPPOPOTAMI. / ONLY SCHOOL OF PERFORMING SEA-LIONS AND SEALS. / ONLY FLOCK OF PRINCELY PLUMAGED OSTRICHES. / THE NATURAL KINGDOM'S ONLY COSMOPOLITAN CAPTIAL / HUGE AND PERFECT WILD BEAST WONDERS FROM EVERY ZONE. / 2 BIGGEST HERDS OF WISEST ELEPHANTS. / ONLY TWO-HORNED, HUGE, WHITE SUMATRA RHINOCEROS. / ONLY MONSTER, SHOW-WHITE POLAR BEAR.
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