Circus Poster, Sells Brother Circus Presents the Big Show of the World, Featuring Trained Hippos, 1895
THF81684 / Circus Poster, Sells Brother Circus Presents the Big Show of the World, Featuring Trained Hippos, 1895
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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
1895
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.51
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: THE BIG SHOW OF THE WORLD
Printed in cartouche: THE / GREATEST / ANIMAL FEATURE IN THE WORLD / A HUGE FULL GROWN MALE / HIPPOPOTAMUS & TREMENDOUS / FEMALE COMPANION. The Only Pair of Real Nile Behemoths / Ever Seen in Any Travelling / EXHIBITION. / $100,000 Backs Up / This Assertion.
Printed below: SELLS/ BROTHERS/ ENORMOUS UNITED SHOWS.
Inscribed at lower right: Copyright 1895 By / THE / STROBRIDGE/ LITH -Co / Cin'ti- NY.
Printed at upper right of image: S-6
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