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- Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus Present "Giant Birds of Every Clime," 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, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Circus Present "Giant Birds of Every Clime," 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.
- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers Circus: "Just Returned From Australia," circa 1892 - 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 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers Circus: "Just Returned From Australia," circa 1892
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.
- Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Present "The Natural Kingdom's Only Cosmopolitan Capital," 1896 - 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.
- 1896
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Circus Poster, Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers Present "The Natural Kingdom's Only Cosmopolitan Capital," 1896
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.
- Miniature Glass Figure, Ostrich, 1955-1985 - For visitors to the resort towns around Pentwater, Michigan, a trip to Henry Carter Johnson's "Glass Menagerie" was a cherished vacation ritual. For over forty years, beginning in 1952, Johnson heated colored glass rods and fashioned them into multicolored figures. His whimsical creatures captured the imaginations of children and adults who purchased them, providing a tangible reminder of an enjoyable Michigan summer.
- 1955-1985
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Miniature Glass Figure, Ostrich, 1955-1985
For visitors to the resort towns around Pentwater, Michigan, a trip to Henry Carter Johnson's "Glass Menagerie" was a cherished vacation ritual. For over forty years, beginning in 1952, Johnson heated colored glass rods and fashioned them into multicolored figures. His whimsical creatures captured the imaginations of children and adults who purchased them, providing a tangible reminder of an enjoyable Michigan summer.
- Millinery Ostrich Feathers, 1900-1915 - By the early 20th century, demands for feathers and other bird parts as fashionable decorations for women's hats helped spur the decline of bird populations. Several species became extinct. Many well-to-do women rallied with conservationists to protect birds, refusing to wear hats with bird plumage and urging the passage of strict regulatory laws. The U.S. Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918.
- 1900-1915
- Collections - Artifact
Millinery Ostrich Feathers, 1900-1915
By the early 20th century, demands for feathers and other bird parts as fashionable decorations for women's hats helped spur the decline of bird populations. Several species became extinct. Many well-to-do women rallied with conservationists to protect birds, refusing to wear hats with bird plumage and urging the passage of strict regulatory laws. The U.S. Congress passed the Migratory Bird Treaty Act in 1918.