Image of acrobats performing contortionist acts and a juggler performing under a circus tent with clowns in the background; side panel image of an acrobat performing a backwards high dive from an extension ladder onto a platform. "99. S. No. 67"--text, upper right of image. "Copyright 1899 by / The / Strobridge / Litho Co / Cincinnati & New York"--text, bottom left of image. "The revival of the still vaulting act, first time produced in a quarter of a century, and / heroic backward dives from extension ladders, three acrobatic numbers not seen elsewhere."--text, continuation of title, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 80.33 x 104.78 cm (31 5/8 x 41 1/4 in.)
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus Acrobats--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Clowns--Pictorial works Jugglers--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus (1896-1907, 1910-1911) Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Circus posters--1890-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size Circus The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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