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Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring – Antique Print

Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring, Buffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899. — vintage poster
Walter L-Main - 63 Performing horses in one Ring, Buffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899.. 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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Walter L. Main's show advertised 63 performing horses working in a single ring, a boast that reflects the horse-centered spectacle that drew crowds to American towns around the turn of the twentieth century. The color poster was printed by the Courier Lithographic Company of Buffalo, New York, a firm that produced many circus bills of the period, and it was deposited for copyright. Posters like this were meant to be read from across a street on fences and walls, so their bold color and crowded imagery were a deliberate sales tool. The c1899 date comes from an older caption card and has not been fully verified.

Created / publishedBuffalo : Courier Litho. Co., c1899.
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 72 x 106 cm.
NotesCopyright deposit. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.(2); Circus; Posters.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,043 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176364

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