Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents "Ronaldo The Aerial Gymnast," circa 1890
THF81702 / Circus Poster, Barnum and Bailey Circus Presents "Ronaldo The Aerial Gymnast," circa 1890
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Poster
Date Made
circa 1890
Subject Date
circa 1890
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
35.784.150
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
Printed at bottom:
RONALDO THE AERIAL GYMNAST. A Truly Wonderful and Entirely Original High Class / AERIAL GYMNASTIC and CONTORTION ACT / By A Most Marvelous and Thoroughly original Performer. Unrivalled Exhibition of Novel, Daring and Peculiar / Feats While Rapidly TWIRLING on the REVOLVING TRAPEZE. The Only Performance of Its Kind In The County. / THE WORLD'S GRANDEST, LARGEST, BEST, AMUSEMENT INSTITUTION.
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