Circus Poster, Sells Brothers Circus: "Just Returned From Australia," 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
35.784.224
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 reads JUST RETURNED FROM AUSTRALIA
Printed above in circle: SELLS/BROTHERS on each side of which are advertised various attractions of the circus as well as: 20 YEARS BEFORE/THE PUBLIC, AND THE SUPREME TEST/OF MERIT IS SUCCESS.
Printed at bottom:
IMPORTANT RECENT ACCESSION.- A FLOCK OF OSTRICHES FROM THE CELEBRATED / OSTRICH FARMS OF CALIFORNIA IMPORTED FROM AFRICA THREE YEARS AGO, AND BY INTELLIGENT CULTURE / HAVE GROWN TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST SUMPTUOUSLY PLUMAGED BIRDS OF THEIR VARIETY IN THE WORLD. I
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