Die Barnum & Bailey Groesste Schaustellung der Welt--Lustige Szenen auf Bicycles und Rollschuhen – Antique 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 Die Barnum & Bailey Groesste Schaustellung der Welt--Lustige Szenen auf Bicycles und Rollschuhen in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Die Barnum & Bailey Groesste Schaustellung der Welt--Lustige Szenen auf Bicycles und Rollschuhen
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Its German-language title, *Die Grösste Schaustellung der Welt*, announces Barnum & Bailey's "greatest show on earth" to German-speaking audiences, and the rest of the title promises comic scenes of riders on bicycles and roller skates. The chromolithograph was produced by the Strobridge Lithographing Company, whose Cincinnati and New York shops made many of the bold, multicolor posters that circuses used to advertise ahead of their arrival in town. Bicycling and roller skating were both hugely popular around 1900, so the acts reflect the fashions of the day as much as the showmanship of the circus.
| Created / published | Cincinnati & New York : The Strobridge Litho. Co., c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 76 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1900.Chromolithographs Color 1900. |
| Notes | No. 1900 B. No. 71. Printed in America. Title from item. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--1900. Bicycles & tricycles--1900. Roller skating--1900. Circus performers--1900. Circuses & shows--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,045 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223741 |
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