The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--A glance at the great ethnological congress and curious led animals ... – 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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Promising "a glance at the great ethnological congress and curious led animals," this chromolithograph advertises the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, one of the best-known traveling circuses of the 1890s. The "ethnological congress" was the show's label for its exhibits of people from other parts of the world, a common feature of late nineteenth-century shows that drew crowds eager to see unfamiliar cultures, though such displays often exploited the people shown. The poster was printed by the Strobridge Lithograph Company, a firm that produced much of the circus poster art of the period, using bold color and large lettering meant to catch the eye from across a street.
| Created / published | c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Circus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Barnum and Bailey--People--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Animals--1890-1900. Circus performers--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,456 × 1,147 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219044 |
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