Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster: Museum Object and Cultural History
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Poster: date made: 1980. Associated Name: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. depicted (sitter): Gebel-Williams, Gunther.
The object in the museum catalogue
Poster for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus featuring Gunther Gebel-Williams. The poster is advertising shows at The D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. from March 26 through April 7, 1980. Gebel-Williams was an animal trainer for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1968 to 1990.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1980
- Associated Name: Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
- depicted (sitter): Gebel-Williams, Gunther
- Object Name: poster
- Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 21 3/4 in x 13 3/4 in; 55.245 cm x 34.925 cm
- used: United States: District of Columbia
- general subject association: Circus
- ID Number: 1980.0282.05
- accession number: 1980.0282
- catalog number: 1980.0282.05
- Credit Line: Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey Circus
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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