[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background] – Historic Print
![[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background], c1891. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/61/6115541429f1-L.webp)
(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 [Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background] in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background]
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A caged lion rides on a wagon at the front of this street parade, with a circus tent rising behind the procession to signal where the show was headed. Chromolithographs like this were the main way traveling circuses advertised in the early 1890s, when color printing had become cheap enough to produce posters in large runs. The Calvert Litho. Co., a Detroit firm known for circus work, printed this sheet and registered its copyright. Parade scenes like this one promised spectacle, with exotic animals and crowds, and they were posted on walls and fences well before a show arrived in town.
| Created / published | c1891. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 9841W1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 68. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Carts & wagons--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Parades & processions--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,058 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115030 |
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