Lesson 13 Document 13
TITLE: Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows
combined
CALL NUMBER: POS - CIRCUS - Fore. & Sells 1896, no. 1 (C size)
[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-930 (color film copy
transparency)
LC-USZ62-24630 (b&w film copy neg.)
No known restrictions on publication.
SUMMARY: Women circus performers and clowns with woman
ringleader wearing tuxedo and top hat.
MEDIUM: 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: c1896.
NOTES: Caption continues: Leap year ladies of laughter--"Variable as the
shade by the light quivering aspen made." Caption continues: See the new woman
in a novel sphere, introducing the three great equestriennes of the day. Caption
continues: The only clown women who wear the comic crown. Copyright by
Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti & N. Y.
Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide for the study of women's history and culture in the United States / edited by Sheridan Harvey ... [et al.]. Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 202.
SUBJECTS:
Cross dressing--1890-1900.
Circuses & shows--1890-1900.
Circus performers--1890-1900.
Women--Employment--1890-1900.
FORMAT:
Circus
posters American 1890-1900.
Chromolithographs Color 1890-1900.
