Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt [...] Eine Herrliche Menagerie [...] – Vintage Print
![Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt [...] Eine Herrliche Menagerie [...], c1900. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/85a40a68e61c-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 Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt [...] Eine Herrliche Menagerie [...] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Die Barnum & Bailey groesste schaustellung der welt [...] Eine Herrliche Menagerie [...]
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Most circus posters of this era were printed in English, but this one carries German-language text: "Die Barnum & Bailey Größte Schaustellung der Welt" and "Eine herrliche Menagerie." That detail points to the company's tours through German-speaking territory, where it advertised its trained animal acts to local crowds. The poster is a chromolithograph, a multicolor printing method that was popular for circus advertising around 1900. It was issued by the Strobridge Litho. Co., an American firm that produced many of the bright, large-format posters used to promote traveling shows.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1900.Circus posters American 1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--Performances--1900. Trained animals--Germany--1900. Circuses & shows--Germany--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,162 × 1,452 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218948 |
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