Forepaugh-Sells Enormous Shows Combined: Menagerie, Circus, Hippodrome
Maker
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
(American, 1867 – 1960)
Date1896
CultureAmerican
MediumInk on paper
ClassificationPosters
Credit LineTibbals Circus Collection
Object numberht2000554
The concept of a double circus captivated public imagination with the prospect of seeing twice as much for the price of a single ticket. The monstrous size of the circus lot, the great number and size of the tents reinforced the notion that the circus was a massive moving canvas city.
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Not on viewThe Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
1896
The Jno. B. Jeffery Mammoth Show Printing and Engraving House
Tuesday, July 19, 1881
ca. 1930's