Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents: "Oriental India," 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.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.190
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 & BAILEY GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH Printed at bottom: ORIENTAL INDIA / Illustrated In A Series Of Views Of / Living Groups Of Strange & Curious People / THE WORLD'S LARGEST, GRANDEST, BEST, AMUSEMENT INSTITUTION. Shows East Indians performing various customs in an Indian Village, including cobra snake charmer. Inscribed at lower left: Copyright 1896 By THE STROBRIDGE Lith. Co. Cin'ti-New York. Printed at upper right of image: B-9
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