[Entrance to circus freak show, showing ticket booths and large posters. 1925] – Antique Poster Print
![[Entrance to circus freak show, showing ticket booths and large posters. 1925] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/05d6f566a969-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. 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: [Entrance to circus freak show, showing ticket booths and large posters. 1925], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Entrance to circus freak show, showing ticket booths and large posters. 1925]
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A 1925 photograph of a circus sideshow entrance, with its ticket booths and oversized painted posters, shows how these attractions drew crowds before the performance began. Traveling circuses and carnivals of the 1920s often ran a sideshow beside the main tent, and its front was built to promise the strange and astonishing. The billing language of the era, including the word "freak" used in the caption, reflects that promotional style, which later generations have largely rejected. The scene is worth studying for its lettering, its crowded frontage, and the way the posters were designed to be read from a distance.
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1925 |
| Subjects | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Freaks; Posters; Circus; Posters--1925; Circus...--Misc.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 938 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138639 |
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