Circus Poster, Buffalo Bill & The 101 Ranch Shows Present: The Military Pageant "Preparedness," 1916

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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

1916

Subject Date

1916

Creators

Place of Creation

Creator Notes

Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.

Collection Title

Research Center Poster Collection

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

35.784.237

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: BUFFALO BILL / (HIMSELF) / THE MILITARY PAGEANT/ "PREPAREDNESS" Printed at upper right: 101 RANCH SHOWS combined / Miller & Arlington Wild West Show Co., Inc. Printed at bottom: U.S. CAVALRY DRILL / EXHILARATING EXHIBITION OF EXPERT HURDLING, MOUNTED / PYRAMID-BUILDING, STAND-UP EQUESTRIANISM AND MILITARY ROUGH RIDING / JUST AS SEEN AT UNCLE SAM'S ARMY POSTS. Printed at lower left: Copyright 1916 By / THE / STROBRIDGE / LITHO. CO. / Cincinnati & New York. Printed on right lower: Loaned / By / U.S. / War Dep't.
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