There are four reproduced old time circus posters advertising different big name circus companies.
The four posters advertise the following circuses:
Ringling Bros World's Greatest Shows. Army of 50 Clowns
The Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth
Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros Big United Shows
Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus
I purchased the set at an estate sale and was told they have always been housed in a large specialty folder. This folder, with the posters inside have been rolled and kept in a mailing tube for years. As a result, the posters have a curl to them and will need to be "pressed" into a flat position. If framed, that will take care of the curling. The back of the specialty folder states that they are reproductions of the original posters from the years of 1894 to 1925. All 4 posters are dated along the bottom with the reproduced year of 1960, making them close to 60 years old.
All posters measure about the same dimensions of 19 by 13.5 inches. The posters were made with a brownish coloring around the outer edges to make them look more authentic.
The front cover of the specialty folder reads "Old Time Circus Posters. Colorful, Authentic Reproductions".
The back of the specialty folder reads "The public is respectfully informed that these Circus Posters, eye feasts of beauty, are absolutely authentic reproductions, and they enamour all with unparalleled magnificence. The genius of Artists went into the designing of this cavalcade of advertising, all of which lavishly decorated board fences, walls and windows of tens of thousands of cities, towns, villages and hamlets all over the great U.S.A.. Circus posters are the most resplendent and spectacular form of advertising ever devised by man. This beautiful galaxy dates from 1894 (The Great Adam Forepaugh Shows) to 1925 (The Al G.Barnes Circus).
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