Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Colonel Magnus Schult's magnificent $25,000,00 (sic) troup of champion great danes – Antique 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 rare vintage poster captures Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Colonel Magnus Schult's magnificent $25,000,00 (sic) troup of champion great danes in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Colonel Magnus Schult's magnificent $25,000,00 (sic) troup of champion great danes
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Rather than the lions or aerialists that dominate most circus bills, this one puts Magnus Schult and his troupe of champion Great Danes at the center, under the banner of the combined Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers show. The merger of those two rival tent shows in 1896 created one of the larger traveling circuses of its era, and its advertising leaned on spectacle to draw crowds in each town. Printed as a chromolithograph by the Strobridge Litho. Company, the poster shows the bold color and oversized lettering that made such bills hard to miss on fences and walls.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 98.S. No. 2. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Schults, Magnus--Performances. Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus--People--1890-1900. Dogs--1890-1900. Trained animals--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,458 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218955 |
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