The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidated--Kilpatrick's famous ride – 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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Step back in time with The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidated--Kilpatrick's famous ride, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's greatest shows consolidated--Kilpatrick's famous ride
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Kilpatrick's famous ride is the feature this poster advertises, and its subject headings point to a disabled performer riding a bicycle, a novelty that drew crowds to the big top. The show was the product of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circuses, which combined their operations in the late 1890s and toured as one of the largest traveling shows in the country. Large chromolithographs like this one, printed in bold color by the Courier Company, were pasted on walls and fences in towns along the route, so they were built to catch the eye from across a street. Look closely at the rider and the bicycle, since the poster's energy depends on showing a feat that seemed to defy the performer's body.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1900.Circus posters American 1900.Chromolithographs Color 1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by the Courier Litho. Co. |
| Subjects | Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus--People--1900. Handicapped persons--1900. Cyclists--1900. Circuses & shows--1900. Circus performers--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,150 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218954 |
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