Barnum & London: Mollie Brown

Maker The Strobridge Lithographing Company (American, 1867 – 1960)

Date1884

MediumInk on paper

Dimensions1 sheet (H): 30 x 40 1/4 in. (76.2 x 102.2 cm)

ClassificationsPosters

Credit LineGift of Howard and Janice Tibbals, 2021

Object numberht2004525

Mollie Brown, the daughter of the famous equestrienne Mme. Louise Tournaire, was born in New Jersey in 1860. She began a professional career at age 6 with L.B. Lent’s Equescurriculum. As a child performer, she was noted for remarkable strength and endurance and was an outstanding pad and bareback rider. Brown is credited with being the first woman to turn a somersault on a bareback horse from a standing position. She performed for almost twenty years, traveling with shows like P. T. Barnum’s, Montgomery Queen’s, and Batcheller & Doris. Molly Brown died in Philadelphia in 1924.

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