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Wood Carved Circus Poster Letterpress
The actual wood blocks are the ones that are reversed. The others are edited for closer inspection and readability. Large hand carved circus menagerie scene letterpress wood block. Made by the Neal Walters poster company in Arkansas c. 1930's-1940.…
The American Circus - Wild, Weird and Wonderful (1901-1927)
Because she just said it - Calen McGee
Ringling Brothers show poster
These are images of one poster that was painted on the side of a building. The poster was painted in 1910 in a farming town called Vincent in Iowa. The town has a population of about 200 which is interesting that the circus would set up in that…
Women's Suffrage Parade 1913
The first image is the colorful program of the procession in Wasshington D.C. on March 3, 1913. The second image is a lawyer Inez Milholland Boissevain on a horse, about to lead the procession. Looking at these two images side-by-side, it is possible…
U.S. Sanitary Commission Fair
From June 7th to June 21st in 1864 the U.S. Sanitary Commission held a fundraising even on Logan Square. It was the only such fair that President Lincoln attended; he gave a speech there.
Portrait of College Football Team, The "Pirates," in Partial Uniform, and with Man in Business Suit 1879
The picture itself is fairly "uneventful" the photo simply shows a team of Native Americans in their college football team. I believe that the strongest message that this imagery exhibits is that it shows the complete transition of culture for these…
Great Central Sanitary Fair, 1864
Half a stereo card showing the construction of the main sanitary fair building