Ringling Bro's marvelous acting Pachyderms ... Lockhart elephant comedians ... – Antique 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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Ringling Bro's marvelous acting Pachyderms ... Lockhart elephant comedians ... comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Performing elephants were among the biggest draws of the American circus, and this poster puts the Lockhart elephant comedians at the center of its billing, alongside the Ringling Brothers name. The Courier Litho. Co. of Buffalo, New York, printed it in color in 1899, and firms like it produced many of the large lithographic sheets pasted up in towns along a tour's route. Such posters show how shows promoted animal acts to crowds before motion pictures existed. The date and printer come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | Buffalo : Courier Litho. Co., 1899. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 106 x 72 cm. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Title; II. Title: Lockhart elephant comedians. B.I.; Circus; Animals; Posters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,051 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176350 |
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