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- Circus Poster, Barnum & Bailey Presents "Breath-Taking Japanese Slide For Life," 1898 - 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.
- 1898
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Barnum & Bailey Presents "Breath-Taking Japanese Slide For Life," 1898
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.
- Trade Card for Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton, Merrick Thread Co., 1880-1900 - As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton by Merrick Thread Company.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton, Merrick Thread Co., 1880-1900
As color printing gained momentum in the late 19th century, trade cards became a major means of advertising goods and services. Americans enjoyed and often saved the little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. This trade card advertises Six Cord Soft Finish Spool Cotton by Merrick Thread Company.