Circus Poster, Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Present a "Magnificent Collection of Splendid Living Specimens of the Bears of the World," 1898
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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
1898
Subject Date
1898
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.222
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 printed at top: FOREPAUGH & SELLS BROTHERS / GREAT SHOWS / CONSOLIDATED
Printed at bottom: MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF SPLENDID LIVING SPECIMENS OF THE BEARS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING SNOW WHITE BEARS / FROM THE ICE FIELDS OF THE POLAR SEAS, SUN, POONAH AND ANT BEARS FROM THE JUNGLES OF ASIA AND THE INTERIOR / OF SOUTH AMERICA, GRIZZLY BEARS FROM THE MOUNTAINS OF AMERICA, AND MONSTER BROWN BEARS FROM SIBERIA RUSSIA. NO OTHER PRIVATE OF PUBLIC COLLECTION EMBRACES SUCH A VALUABLE VARIETY OF BEARS INCLUDING AN ANT EATER.
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