The Cincinnati Art Museum and The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art are jointly sponsoring and first-of-its-kind exhibit of historic circus posters.
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| Strobridge Lithographing Company Living Pair of Full Grown Hippopotomi. 1882 Color Lithograph Poster Gift of the Strobridge Lithographing Company, 1965.685:47 |
Organized by Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Kristin Spangenberg, The Amazing American Circus Poster features 80 circus posters created between 1878 and 1939, along with materials related to circus advertising.
Cincinnati-based Strobridge Lithographing Company, which created all the posters in this exhibition, and became the leading printer for the major circuses of this time. The posters designed and printed by Strobridge were unrivaled for their quality, and contain a detailed portrait of the American circus in its "Golden Age," when it flourished as a vital institution for cultural entertainment in this country.
AND...if you can hardly wait for the smells, noises, excitement and cotton candy of the real thing...head to the Syrian Shrine Circus. It is being held at Cincinnati Gardens from April 15-17.
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