The Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers. America's shows consolidated. Representative riders of every class and country ... – Historic Print
(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.)
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This vintage poster of The Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers. America's shows consolidated. Representative riders of every class and country ... brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers. America's shows consolidated. Representative riders of every class and country ...
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The title promises "representative riders of every class and country," and this chromolithograph advertises the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus, which combined two rival traveling shows in the 1890s while keeping Forepaugh's name even after his death in 1890. Buffalo's Courier Lithographing Company printed many large color posters like this one for touring shows of the period. Such sheets were pasted on walls and fences ahead of each stop, using bright color and horses to sell spectacle.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1900.Chromolithographs 1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co., Buffalo. No. 2916. |
| Subjects | Circuses & shows--United States--1900. Circus performers--1900. Horses--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217025 |
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