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- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "Cradoc & Carlosa as the Medieval Knights," 1895 -
- 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "Cradoc & Carlosa as the Medieval Knights," 1895
- Northwest Territory during the revolution : 1775-1783, 1783-1795 - White American settlers began displacing the Native American inhabitants of the Northwest Territory through forced expulsion in the late 18th century. This map, made many years after the original encounters, depicts the territory north of the Ohio River as nearly devoid of Native peoples during the late 1700s. Images present American leaders in a positive light, while the original occupants are stereotyped as "hostile."
- 1775-1795
- Collections - Artifact
Northwest Territory during the revolution : 1775-1783, 1783-1795
White American settlers began displacing the Native American inhabitants of the Northwest Territory through forced expulsion in the late 18th century. This map, made many years after the original encounters, depicts the territory north of the Ohio River as nearly devoid of Native peoples during the late 1700s. Images present American leaders in a positive light, while the original occupants are stereotyped as "hostile."
- Circus Poster, Forepaugh & Sells Brothers, "The Most Graceful and Artistic Acrobats," circa 1900 -
- circa 1900
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Forepaugh & Sells Brothers, "The Most Graceful and Artistic Acrobats," circa 1900
- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "35 Horse Act," circa 1892 -
- circa 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "35 Horse Act," circa 1892
- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers "Captain A. H. Bogardus, the Champion Wing-Trap and Fancy Shot," 1895 -
- 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers "Captain A. H. Bogardus, the Champion Wing-Trap and Fancy Shot," 1895
- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "The Mighty Cradoc," 1895 -
- 1895
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "The Mighty Cradoc," 1895
- Circus Poster, Arlington & Beckmann's Oklahoma Wild West Ranch, "Auto Polo," 1913 - 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.
- 1913
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Arlington & Beckmann's Oklahoma Wild West Ranch, "Auto Polo," 1913
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.
- Circus Poster, Miller Brothers & Arlington 101 Ranch, "Wenona, Champion Indian Girl Rifle Shot," 1911 -
- 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Miller Brothers & Arlington 101 Ranch, "Wenona, Champion Indian Girl Rifle Shot," 1911
- Trade Card for Millie-Christine, the Renowned Two Headed Lady, Batchellor & Doris Circus, circa 1882 - In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- circa 1882
- Collections - Artifact
Trade Card for Millie-Christine, the Renowned Two Headed Lady, Batchellor & Doris Circus, circa 1882
In the last third of the nineteenth century, an unprecedented variety of consumer goods and services flooded the American market. Advertisers, armed with new methods of color printing, bombarded potential customers with trade cards. Americans enjoyed and often saved the vibrant little advertisements found in product packages or distributed by local merchants. Many survive as historical records of commercialism in the United States.
- Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "Camel Races," circa 1892 -
- circa 1892
- Collections - Artifact
Circus Poster, Sells Brothers, "Camel Races," circa 1892