Circus Poster, Sells Brothers Circus Presents "The Wonderful Silbons, Greatest Aerial Artists on Earth," circa 1892
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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
circa 1892
Subject Date
circa 1892
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.244
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: JUST RETURNED FROM AUSTRALIA / SELLS /BROTHERS
Printed at bottom:
THE WONDERFUL SILBONS, GREATEST AERIAL ARTISTS ON EARTH, / Who After A Tour of South and Central America, China, Japan and Australia Return to American With The / Greatest and Largest Show in the World. Walter Silbon, The Meteoric Marvel in Mid-Air Over Forty Feet, Alighting in His Brothers Hands.
Inscribed at lower left: THE STROBRIDGE Lith-Co. Cin'ti-NY-Lon.
Printed on upper right of image: 30
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