Image of the two female and two male members of the Silbon aerialist troupe performing, with a central image of the members performing on trapezes in multiple routines simultaneously, while a male circus performer balances on a moving horse in a circus ring with a clown in the background, and an image, at left, of the Silbons standing one-on-top of the other while balancing on hanging rings outdoors. Probable date approximated by cataloger based on format of printer's job number (see priJLC 000013 for similar number) and general history of troupe as referenced in William Stout, Olympians of the Sawdust Circle, page 277: "Walter [Silbon] assumed the management of the troupe and joined Barnum & Bailey as early as 1893 and remained with the show until the close of the 1902 season." "B 36"--text, top right of image. "The / Strobridge Lith Co / Cin - NY - Lon"--text, bottom right of image. "whose daring mid-air performances and novel apparatus actually borders on the phenomenal. / Every act new, every feat a wonder. Daring flights, leaps and dives through space from perch to trapeze, / with most extraordinary aerial pyramids four high on the flying rings."--text, continuation of title, centered below image. "The world's grandest, largest, best, amusement institution."--text, bottom centered below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 78.42 x 104.78 cm (30 7/8 x 41 1/4 in.)
Barnum and Bailey Acrobats--Pictorial works Advertising--Circus Aerialists--Pictorial works Circus--United States Circus performers--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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