Circus Poster, Barnum & Bailey Circus Presents Mooney's "Giants," The Famous Elephant Base-Ball Team, 1913
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In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
In the late nineteenth century, printers developed a lithograph method that produced brightly colored posters. In advance of a circus coming to town, general agents glued these eye-catching generic posters to building walls, fences, and in window displays. To announce when and where the performances would happen, local printers sometimes provided letterpress paper date strips to paste onto the posters' lower margin.
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
1913
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
35.784.30
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Strobridge Lithographing Co.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Lithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 40.25 in
Width: 30.25 in
Inscriptions
Circus poster printed at top: THE BARNUM & BAILEY / GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. Inscribed at lower left: Copyright 1913 By / The / Strobridge / Litho. Co. / Cincinnati & New York. Printed below: MOONEY'S "GIANTS" THE BIG LEAGUE LEADERS /THE FAMOUS ELEPHANT BASE-BALL TEAM. Printed at upper right corner: 13-B-223
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