Quick & Co. G.C.: Automatodeon
Maker
Farwell
Date1850
CultureAmerican
Mediumwood engraving and letter set
ClassificationPosters
ProvenanceJames M. Julia Collection, Maine, 1997
Credit LineTibbals Circus Collection
Object numberht2004402
The broadside, a single-sided printed sheet, with its combination of image and text, was the precursor of the colorful lithographic poster. Bold lettering in a variety of typefaces, illustrations and elaborate decorative borders were employed to reinforce key promotional phrases such as menagerie, automatodeon, and rhinoceros to draw in the crowds.
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June 8, 1936
circa 1965