Circus poster with banner reading "Youth of Bacchus – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Circus poster with banner reading "Youth of Bacchus, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Circus poster with banner reading "Youth of Bacchus
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The banner across the top of this circus poster reads "Youth of Bacchus," a phrase that recalls the Roman god of wine and revelry and suggests the show was pitched as a lively, festive spectacle. Circus posters like this were usually color lithographs, printed in quantity and pasted on fences, walls and storefronts to draw crowds to a single engagement. Their bold lettering and crowded layouts were meant to be read quickly from across a street, and many survive mainly as ephemera, which makes them useful evidence of how popular entertainment was marketed. Beyond the banner's wording, the poster does not clearly identify the production, so its specific context is best approached through the printed text itself.
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,439 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g05380_ |
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