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[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background] – Historic Reproduction

[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background], c1891. — vintage poster
[Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background], c1891.. Vintage poster from the Circus & Carnival 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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This rare vintage poster captures [Parade with lion in cage on wagon, circus tent in background] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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A caged lion rides on a wagon at the head of this parade, with a circus tent rising behind it, a scene meant to draw crowds to the show before it ever arrived. The poster was printed around 1891 by the Calvert Lithographing Company, a Detroit firm whose bright chromolithographs circuses ordered in quantity to be pasted across towns. Parade scenes like this were among the most common images of the era, since the procession was the show's best free advertisement.

Created / publishedc1891.
Medium1 print (poster) : chromolithograph, color.
GenreCircus posters American 1890-1900.Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
Notes9841W1 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 68. Copyright by the Calvert Litho. Co.
SubjectsCarts & wagons--1890-1900. Circuses & shows--1890-1900. Parades & processions--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,454 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218951

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