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Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum – Vintage Wall Art

Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum, Chicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897. — vintage poster
Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum, Chicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897.. 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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A window into the past: Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum, preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This color lithograph poster advertises the Chicago Horse Show at the Coliseum, a large exhibition hall in the city that hosted livestock shows, fairs, and other public spectacles. Its record attributes the printing to the Sherwood Litho. Co. of Chicago and dates it to 1897, though those details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified. In the late nineteenth century, horse shows drew crowds of urban spectators who admired saddle horses, carriage teams, and show-ring competition, and posters like this one were a main way organizers reached those audiences.

Created / publishedChicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 106 x 71 cm.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,045 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172586

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