Great London Circus Handbill: Museum Object and Cultural History
Great London Circus Handbill: Object Name: playbill. Object Name: advertisement. Physical Description: paper (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
Two-sided handbill from the Great London Circus and Sanger’s Royal British Menagerie. The circus itself is advertised as “The great parade of the century” and “The only show that can afford to use the electric light!” It advertises menagerie, caravan, aquarium, aviary, Arapaho Indians, museum, coliseum, hippodrome, calisthenic exhibition, jubilee singers, and Leviathan Corps of Equestrians, Gymnasts, and Athletes. The sole proprietors are Cooper, Bailey & Co., and the advertised performance is in Fredericksburg.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: playbill
- Object Name: advertisement
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 28 in x 13 1/4 in; 71.12 cm x 33.655 cm
- Associated Place: United States: New York, New York City
- Subject: Circus
- ID Number: 2017.3021.003
- nonaccession number: 2017.3021
- catalog number: 2017.3021.003
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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