Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows united. The wild wheel whirl wonders. The 7 Gaynells ... – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows united. The wild wheel whirl wonders. The 7 Gaynells ..., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows united. The wild wheel whirl wonders. The 7 Gaynells ...
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The "wild wheel whirl" of the Seven Gaynells is the headline draw on this poster for the Forepaugh & Sells Brothers show, a traveling circus that combined two rival tented shows. Around 1902, circus bills like this one competed for attention on city walls, and Cincinnati's Strobridge Lithographing Company printed many of them in bold color. Cycling acts were a popular circus and vaudeville feature in the early 1900s, when the bicycle was still new and thrilling to watch.
| Created / published | c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1900-1910.Prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati. |
| Subjects | Circus performers--1900-1910. Cycling--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216722 |
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