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Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum – Antique Print

Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum, Chicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897. — vintage poster
Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum, Chicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897.. Vintage poster from the Horses collection.

(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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Chicago Horse Show, Coliseum comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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This 1897 color poster advertises a horse show held at the Coliseum in Chicago, an indoor arena where large crowds gathered for exhibitions of riding and driving horses. The lithograph was printed by Sherwood Litho. Co., a Chicago firm, and it reflects the period's use of bold color and large lettering to draw attention to public entertainments. Horse shows were popular in late nineteenth-century American cities, when horses still powered transportation and a fine carriage or saddle horse signaled status. The record's details come from an older caption card, so the exact date and event specifics should be checked against other sources.

Created / publishedChicago : Sherwood Litho. Co., 1897.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 106 x 71 cm.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,085 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-113349

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