Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined – 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.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined
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This chromolithographed poster advertises the traveling show that joined the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circuses, two rival tent companies that merged under one name in the mid-1890s. Its captions, "Leap year ladies of laughter" and "See the new woman in a novel sphere," tie the spectacle to the "new woman," the term for the independent, educated women who drew public debate in the 1890s. Circus posters of this era were built to catch the eye from a street wall, so their bright color and crowded scenes were meant to sell tickets as much as entertain.
| Created / published | c1896. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Cinti & N. Y. Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress |
| Subjects | Caption continues: Leap year ladies of laughter--Variable as the shade by the light quivering aspen made." Caption continues: See the new woman in a novel sphere |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,175 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115060 |
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