Ringling Bros' enormous free spectacular street carnival and big new parade – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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: Ringling Bros' enormous free spectacular street carnival and big new parade, preserved in this vintage poster. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ringling Bros' enormous free spectacular street carnival and big new parade
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The poster's headline promises an "enormous free spectacular street carnival and big new parade," which points to a tactic the Ringling Brothers circus leaned on in the late 1890s. Before a show reached a town, its advertising crews and parade troupes staged a free procession through the streets, drawing residents downtown to see animals, bands, and costumed performers at no charge. This color chromolithograph was printed by the Courier Litho. Co., one of the firms that produced the large, vividly colored posters that covered fences, storefronts, and barns to announce such visits. Its bold color and crowded design show how circus advertising had become a fine art by the 1890s.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900.Circus posters American 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Courier Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Ringling Brothers--Performances--1890-1900. Parades & processions--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,438 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218950 |
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