The Chicago Times-Herald, consolidated March 4th, 1895 / Denslow. – Vintage Wall Art
(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 Chicago Times-Herald, consolidated March 4th, 1895 / Denslow. 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 Chicago Times-Herald, consolidated March 4th, 1895 / Denslow.
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Few newspaper posters from the 1890s make their point as plainly as this one, which presents the merger of two rival Chicago dailies as a wedding. The Chicago Times and the Chicago Herald combined on March 4, 1895, and the new Times-Herald used bride and herald imagery to announce the union. The color poster was drawn by W. W. Denslow, a Chicago illustrator who later gained lasting fame for his pictures in L. Frank Baum's *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*. Worth noticing is how the advertisement borrows the ceremony of marriage to promote a newspaper in a crowded city market.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1890-1900.Posters American 1890-1900.Prints Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. D41. 1895. |
| Subjects | Newspapers--1890-1900. Brides--1890-1900. Heralds--1890-1900. Marriage--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,460 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216650 |
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