Image of female acrobat and juggler Aimee Parnella performing four different acts simultaneously in a circus ring with spectators in grandstands in the background; vignette of a head-and-shoulders portrait of circus founder Adam Forepaugh in upper left. Probable date calculated by cataloger based on reference to "31st annual tour" in item text; the circus began around 1867; a small triangle in the top right corner of the image that typically holds a job number in other Strobridge circus posters is faintly legible, but no job number is visible. The Strobridge Lith Co. / Cinti. / N-Y & Lon."--text, bottom right of image. "Graceful riding, and wonderful / juggling and balancing on the running globe."--text, bottom centered below image. "Positively the 31st annual tour of this great show."--text, bottom centered below image. "The / oldest, / largest / and / best / circus / and / menagerie / in / America"-text, left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 78.26 x 99.06 cm (30 13/16 x 39 in.)
Great Forepaugh Show Forepaugh, Adam, 1831-1890--Portraits Parnella, Aimee--Pictorial works Acrobats--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Circus--United States Circus owners--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Juggling--Pictorial works Women circus performers--Pictorial works 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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