Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers great shows consolidated A congress of the giant birds of the world, ... – 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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The poster's headline promises a "congress of the giant birds of the world," a sideshow-style attraction that set this bill apart from the horses, acts and menageries that filled most circus advertising of the period. It was issued for Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers, a show formed when two rival traveling circuses were combined under one banner in the 1890s. The chromolithograph was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and New York, a firm known for the bold, multicolored posters that carried circuses from town to town. Such posters were pasted on fences, barns and storefronts well before the show arrived, so they were meant to be read at a glance.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. |
| Subjects | Birds--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--United States--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,454 × 1,148 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217026 |
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