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- Circus Poster, "Forepaugh & Sells Brothers' 20th Century Colossus," circa 1900 - 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.
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, "Forepaugh & Sells Brothers' 20th Century Colossus," circa 1900
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.
- Hauling Heinz Products in Africa, circa 1910 - With comprehensive advertising strategies, the H.J. Heinz Company became a household name by 1900. By this time, Heinz's "57 Varieties" of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments were also sold internationally. In this photograph from about 1910, crates of Heinz Pure Malt Vinegar are being hauled in a wagon by a camel in South Africa.
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Hauling Heinz Products in Africa, circa 1910
With comprehensive advertising strategies, the H.J. Heinz Company became a household name by 1900. By this time, Heinz's "57 Varieties" of pickled foods, preserves, and condiments were also sold internationally. In this photograph from about 1910, crates of Heinz Pure Malt Vinegar are being hauled in a wagon by a camel in South Africa.