The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water circus / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water circus / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York.. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth Scenes in the grand water circus / The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York.
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Scenes from the grand water circus, a feature of the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, are set out across this 1895 print. Such aquatic spectacles, with performers and animals working in a large tank built into the arena, were among the show's most talked-about attractions in the 1890s. The Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and New York was one of the leading American firms producing colorful circus posters and lithographs of this kind, which carried the spectacle's excitement to towns along the touring route.
| Created / published | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Copyright by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cincinnati - New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,721 × 3,585 px · prints to 9 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 7 |
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