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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…

Because she just said it - Calen McGee

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.…

While this photograph was taken at some point between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915, after the rising prevalence of the car, it bears testament to the role that avenues alongside the hotels and beach played. In likening this image to the worlds fairs of…

The ticket allowing admittance to the match between recognized champion John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett, which would mark the end of both bareknuckle fighting as a major sport as Queensbury rules grew in popularity as well as the career of Sullivan,…

This image is of a quilt that was created by South Carolina women in 1857. Each square was created by a different woman who signed her name on her square, but yet the overall impression is of a cohesive piece of art. The squares consist of bucolic…

An aerial view of the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and racetrack in 1937, nine years after the fair attended by Basil Lee in F. Scott Fitzgerald's A Night at the Fair. The racetrack is the same as the one described in the story, which reveals the…

A proposal by the journeyman laborers associated with shipbuilding, directed towards the master shipbuilders, for a 10-hour workday. - Bradford Gladstone

c. 1835, Joice Heth represented the beginnings of PT Barnum's career in the circus, but her success bore testament to PT Barnum's ability to recognize and exploit the desires of the American public. As given by the Thompson quote below, Americans…