Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Greater New York's greeting at the Dewey Arch to the glorious paragon of all parades – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Greater New York's greeting at the Dewey Arch to the glorious paragon of all parades. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Forepaugh and Sells Brothers great shows consolidated--Greater New York's greeting at the Dewey Arch to the glorious paragon of all parades
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This poster sets a circus parade beneath the Dewey Arch, the temporary triumphal arch erected in Madison Square in 1899 to honor Admiral George Dewey after his victory at Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. The title frames the Forepaugh and Sells Brothers show as the grandest parade in "Greater New York," a reference to the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs. Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati, one of the leading makers of American circus posters, printed the chromolithograph, and its elephants and crowds reflect the lavish street processions that drew large audiences to traveling shows of the period.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1900.Chromolithographs Color 1900. |
| Notes | 1900-S. No. 75. Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus--People--1900. Memorial arches--New York (State)--New York--1900. Elephants--New York (State)--New York--1900. Circuses & shows--New York (State)--New York--1900. Parades & processions--New York (State)--New York--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,446 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218959 |
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