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Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring – Antique Print

Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring, Buffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899. — vintage poster
Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring, Buffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899.. Vintage poster from the Horses collection.

(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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Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring

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Walter L. Main's circus advertised a ring of 63 performing horses in this color poster, which the Courier Litho. Co. of Buffalo, New York, printed around 1899. Lithographed circus posters like this one were built to be seen from a distance on fences, walls and town streets, so the bold color and crowded horses were meant to draw crowds before the show arrived. Trained horse acts were a central draw of American traveling circuses of the period, and the large number of animals shown here reflects how the spectacle was sold to audiences.

Created / publishedBuffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 72 x 106 cm.
NotesCopyright deposit. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.(2); Circus; Posters.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,037 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115023

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