The Worlds Great Sandwinas – Vintage 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of The Worlds Great Sandwinas. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Worlds Great Sandwinas
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This color lithograph advertises "The World's Great Sandwinas," with the caption "The wonder of female strength," a line that points to the act's central attraction. The Sandwinas were a husband-and-wife strength act who toured circuses and music halls in the early 1900s, when a woman performing feats of lifting and balance drew large crowds. The poster was printed in Hamburg in 1905 by Adolph Friedländer, a lithographer known for the bold color circus posters he produced for touring shows. Its large size, 96 by 71 centimeters, reflects how these posters were built to be read from a distance.
| Created / published | Hamburg : Lith. Adolph Friedländer, 1905. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 96 x 71 cm. |
| Subjects | Picture caption: The wonder of female strength. Promotional goal: Ger. K730. (circus). 1905. Color lithograph by Adolph Friedländer, 1851-1904. Friedländer #3509. Purchase. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: 1. Acrobats--1905. I. Sandwinas. II. Title. III. 1905. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,133 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-176469 |
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