Sideshow barker beside Teddy the Wrestling Bear sign – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
A window into the past: Sideshow barker beside Teddy the Wrestling Bear sign, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sideshow barker beside Teddy the Wrestling Bear sign
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A sideshow barker stands beside a painted sign advertising Teddy the Wrestling Bear, a crowd-pulling attraction of the traveling carnival midway. Such acts were a staple of county fairs in the early twentieth century, when performing animals and human curiosities drew paying customers from farm towns that rarely saw a show. The barker's job was to shout the wonders inside the tent and coax passersby to buy tickets, so his pose and the hand-lettered sign together capture the pitch that made the midway work. The picture sits within the fair tradition of the gallery's Barns & Farms collection, where the fairground was often the most exciting place in the county.
| Original scan | 5,460 × 3,779 px · prints to 18 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 1a33908u Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland |
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