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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The WPA & the Golden Age · The American Golden Age
The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros, America's Enormous Shows United
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus, 1906
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A 1906 chromolithograph for The Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros, 'America's enormous shows united'; a two-image sheet, 40 by 56 cm.
Why it matters
The record describes two pictures on one poster, as the bill describes two shows in one.
What to notice
'United' is the news: the merger is the attraction.
A merger, sold as a spectacle.
Provenance
- School
- The American Golden Age — the Poster before 1931 (United States)
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus, 1906
- Source
- Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division · LCCN 2007682631
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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