The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution--The great ethnological Congress of curious people ... – Historic 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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This rare vintage poster captures The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution--The great ethnological Congress of curious people ... in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its headline promises a "Great Ethnological Congress of Curious People," the feature that sets this poster apart from many other circus bills of its day. Shows of the 1890s often presented people from distant lands as attractions, and this lithograph puts that practice front and center. The show grew out of an 1881 merger and kept P.T. Barnum's name even after his death in 1891. The poster was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm known for bold, colorful circus bills of the era.
| Created / published | c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Lithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--People--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Circus performers--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,208 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115010 |
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