Ringling Bros' ... aviary and aquarium ... largest zoological exhibit on earth – 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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Step back in time with Ringling Bros' ... aviary and aquarium ... largest zoological exhibit on earth, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Ringling Bros' ... aviary and aquarium ... largest zoological exhibit on earth
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The poster's headline promises a Ringling Bros. aviary and aquarium, which it bills as "the largest zoological exhibit on earth." Circus advertising of the 1890s often leaned on this kind of boast, since traveling shows competed for attention in each town they visited. The Courier Lithograph Company, a commercial printer in Buffalo, New York, produced many such posters in bold chromolithographic color, using stone or metal plates for each hue to make the images eye-catching from across a street. Posters like this one were pasted on walls and fences ahead of the show, so they served as both entertainment and a promise about the animals waiting under the big top.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Courier Litho. Co. No. 2276. |
| Subjects | Ringling Brothers--Performances--1890-1900. Bands--1890-1900. Birds--1890-1900. Animals--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,471 × 1,145 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219133 |
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