[Thirteen men doing acrobatics] – Historic Print
![[Thirteen men doing acrobatics], Detroit, Mich. : Calvert Litho. Co., c1891. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8b4b377e3e5c-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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A window into the past: [Thirteen men doing acrobatics], 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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[Thirteen men doing acrobatics]
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Thirteen men performing acrobatics in one crowded arrangement set this chromolithograph apart from many circus posters, which often centered a single star performer. Printed in Detroit by the Calvert Lithographing Company around 1891 and cataloged as its No. 64, it belongs to a busy trade in colorful advertising sheets that traveling shows pasted on fences, walls and storefronts ahead of their arrival. Chromolithography built up color through successive stone or plate impressions, which gave these bills their bright, saturated look. The Library of Congress supplied the descriptive title because the print itself carries none.
| Created / published | Detroit, Mich. : Calvert Litho. Co., c1891. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph, color. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Title devised by Library staff. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co. No. 64. |
| Subjects | Circus performers--1890-1900. Acrobats--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219137 |
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