The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles – Historic Reproduction
(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.)
Description
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles
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The poster advertises Eugen Sandow, the Prussian-born strongman whose muscular physique and feats of weight lifting made him one of the most famous performers of the 1890s. Its record credits the Strobridge Lithograph Company, a firm known for theatrical posters, and lists Florenz Ziegfeld as the name associated with the production. Sandow's American tour of 1893 and 1894 drew large crowds to vaudeville houses, and posters like this one helped turn his display of strength into a commercial spectacle. Like many such bills, it blends the promise of athletic wonder with the showmanship of the vaudeville stage.
| Created / published | Cin'ti ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1894. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 46 x 33 cm. |
| Genre | F. Ziegfeld |
| Notes | Z40972 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1894 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Sandow, Eugen,--1867-1935. Weight lifting. Strong men. Vaudeville shows. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,802 × 4,696 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219683 |
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