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- Toy Circus Wagon, 1900-1910 -
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Circus Wagon, 1900-1910
- Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926 -
- 1919-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926
- Adhesive Bandage Used after Pre-Wedding Blood Test, 1961 -
- 1961
- Collections - Artifact
Adhesive Bandage Used after Pre-Wedding Blood Test, 1961
- 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.
- Calliope Circus Wagon, 1917 - During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling circuses entertained millions of Americans. When a circus arrived in town, it staged a spectacular promotional parade down main street, and the musical steam calliope was a highlight. This calliope was built for the John Robinson Circus of Peru, Indiana, about 1917. Other circuses used it before the calliope's retirement in 1929.
- 1917
- Collections - Artifact
Calliope Circus Wagon, 1917
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling circuses entertained millions of Americans. When a circus arrived in town, it staged a spectacular promotional parade down main street, and the musical steam calliope was a highlight. This calliope was built for the John Robinson Circus of Peru, Indiana, about 1917. Other circuses used it before the calliope's retirement in 1929.
- Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926 -
- 1919-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926
- Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926 -
- 1919-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Circus Wagon, 1919-1926
- Toy Calliope, 1919-1926 -
- 1919-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Toy Calliope, 1919-1926
- Circus Wagon Pull Toy, 1919-1926 - Numerous kinds of toys have been produced to look like and simulate the action of real-life actions and modes of transportation. The clown's head moves up and down as the circus wagon is pulled. Organized in 1894 as "The Novelty Works," Hubley Manufacturing Company produced cast iron horse-drawn wagons, fire engines, miniature stoves, and banks.
- 1919-1926
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Wagon Pull Toy, 1919-1926
Numerous kinds of toys have been produced to look like and simulate the action of real-life actions and modes of transportation. The clown's head moves up and down as the circus wagon is pulled. Organized in 1894 as "The Novelty Works," Hubley Manufacturing Company produced cast iron horse-drawn wagons, fire engines, miniature stoves, and banks.