Sells Brothers enormous united shows. ... The great Costellos ... on the aerial horizontal bars – Vintage Wall Art
(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 vintage poster of Sells Brothers enormous united shows. ... The great Costellos ... on the aerial horizontal bars brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sells Brothers enormous united shows. ... The great Costellos ... on the aerial horizontal bars
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Here the spotlight falls on the Costello family, whose aerial horizontal bar act is the focal point of this chromolithographed poster for the Sells Brothers' "enormous united shows." Posters like this one were the main advertising tool of traveling American circuses in the 1890s, designed to catch the eye of crowds in town squares and on rail depots. The Strobridge Litho. Co. of Cincinnati and New York was among the leading firms producing such color prints, and its bold layouts and vivid inks helped define the look of the era's circus bills. Note how the artwork stresses danger and spectacle, with the aerialists high above the ring, a selling point that drew audiences to the big top.
| Created / published | c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1890-1900.Chromolithographs 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York. |
| Subjects | Circuses & shows--United States--1890-1900. Aerialists--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,450 × 1,160 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217029 |
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