Sunday, June 5, 2011

some circus posters


In the 19th century traveling circuses were very popular in the United States. To advertise the shows , advance men would travel ahead of the circus and blanket towns with circus posters advertising the coming circuses. These posters had to be large and colorful to catch potential customer's attention. The advertisements were not meant to be permanent, so the actual posters are fairly rare, but reproductions were widely available.




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