The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth--Troupe of very remarkable trained pigs – 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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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth--Troupe of very remarkable trained pigs
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A troupe of trained pigs takes center stage in this lithographed poster advertising the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, a traveling circus that drew large crowds across the United States in the 1890s. Animal acts were a staple of late nineteenth-century circus programs, and performing swine were a novelty that audiences found especially amusing. The poster was printed by the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati, one of the leading firms producing bold, colorful circus bills of the era, which were pasted on walls and fences ahead of each town the show visited.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Circus posters 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Copyright by Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati. |
| Subjects | Swine--1890-1900. Trained animals--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--United States--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,155 × 1,456 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216710 |
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