Circus Poster, Inman Brothers Flying Circus: "Airplane Rides Featuring the Boeing Clipper," circa 1930
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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 1930
Subject Date
circa 1930
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.261.4
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Mounting
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 39.25 in
Width: 26 in
Inscriptions
Text, from top down:
AIRPLANE RIDES / 4000 / FT. / PARACHUTE / JUMP / WEATHER PERMITTING / COLLECTION TAKEN / FOR THE JUMPER / 2 GIANT AIRLINERS / FEATURING THE / BOEING / CLIPPER / AMERICA'S / LARGEST / TRIMOTOR / SPECIAL / RIDES / 50c / LONG / HIGH RIDE / $1.00 / INMAN BROS. FLYING CIRCUS.
In lower corners are circular profile portraits of two pilots (?) named ART and ROLLEY
At bottom left is in large black letters COMING / LOCATION
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