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- Circus Poster, Inman Brothers Flying Circus: "Airplane Rides Featuring the Boeing Clipper," circa 1930 - 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 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Inman Brothers Flying Circus: "Airplane Rides Featuring the Boeing Clipper," circa 1930
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.
- Air Show Poster, Inman Brothers Flying Circus, "Airplane Rides," 1936 - The only thing more exciting than watching pilots perform aerobatic stunts was flying in an airplane yourself. Exhibition squads offered short flights at prices far lower than expensive commercial airline fares. Inman Brothers Flying Circus would take you into the sky for just 50 cents. For a dollar, you could enjoy an "extra long thrill ride."
- 25 June 1936-26 June 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Air Show Poster, Inman Brothers Flying Circus, "Airplane Rides," 1936
The only thing more exciting than watching pilots perform aerobatic stunts was flying in an airplane yourself. Exhibition squads offered short flights at prices far lower than expensive commercial airline fares. Inman Brothers Flying Circus would take you into the sky for just 50 cents. For a dollar, you could enjoy an "extra long thrill ride."