filler The Henry Ford
Henry Ford Museum Greenfield Village IMAX Theatre Benson Ford Research Center Ford Rouge Factory Tour
Collections
collections   ·   email us  

Search the Online Library Catalog
  
Search the Collections Pages:
 
 

 
Circus Posters:

The Henry Ford has over 300 circus posters. They are lithographs dating primarily from 1890 to 1935 although the earliest poster in the collection is a woodcut made in 1834. They advertise various circuses but show primarily Barnum & Bailey, Sells Brothers, Adam Forepaugh, Miller Bros. & Arlington, and Buffalo Bill’s. The Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio printed most of the circus posters.


Auto-Polo with Arlington
& Beckman's Oklahoma Ranch Wild West


Click here for more information.
The Barnum & Bailey
Greatest Show on Earth

Click here for more information.
Forepaugh & Sells Brothers' 20th Century Colassus


Click here for more information.


Copyright © 2001 The Henry Ford
Last Updated: 12/18/2002