Image of an aerial bicycle act from the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers circus; six men ride or hang upside-down from three bicycles. "Copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith Co. Cin'ti & New York."--text, bottom right margin. "The Astounding Witch-Winged Enchanted Inverted Arial Bicycle The First and Only American Production, Just As Pictured, Of This Original, Incomprehensible and Sensational Triumph Over Natural Laws."--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 72.55 x 98.11 cm (28 9/16 x 38 5/8 in.)
Advertising--Circus Aerialists--Pictorial works Bicycles--Pictorial works Circus performers--Pictorial works Cyclists--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Entertainment Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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