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Walter L. Main 3 ring trained wild animal shows circus poster
- Title
- Walter L. Main 3 ring trained wild animal shows circus poster [graphic]
- Publication
- Milwaukee : Riverside Print, [between 1890 and 1904]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Riverside Print Co. ltg
- Description
- 1 poster : col.; 106 x 71 cm., on identically-sized linen backing.
- Summary
- Depicts a large crowd of people watching seven aerialists performing tricks on the high wire, including picking up a hankerchief from the wire, males carrying female partners, a solo female aerialist, and a male jumping onto or over a table held by two circus attendants. Four aerialist carry large Chinese parasols.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts Millennium Project.
- Series Statement
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Circus posters.
- Note
- Illustrated poster for the Walter L. Main circus shows.
- "National Show Co. Inc, Operators"--Upper left corner.
- "High wire artists"--Upper right.
- "Introducing the most difficult and dangerous feats ever devised by human ingenuity"--Lower right.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography (note)
- Walter L. Main founded his circus in 1885 and, four years later, sold it to the Schribner and Smith Circus. In 1890 his next circus was a wagon show, converted later to rails which toured on 27 cars. He sold this circus in 1889 but by 1901 had another. By 1904 he ceased personally managing circuses but for the next three decades he leased his popular name to various managers, including Andrew Downie, 1918-1924, Floyd and Howard King, 1925-1928, and others from 1930-1937.
- Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 7483 (Main)
- OCLC
- NYPG98-F963
- Title
- Walter L. Main 3 ring trained wild animal shows circus poster [graphic]
- Imprint
- Milwaukee : Riverside Print, [between 1890 and 1904]
- Series
- Treasures of the American Performing Arts, 1875-1923
- Additional Formats
- Also available in electronic form, digitized by The New York Public Library.
- Biography
- Walter L. Main founded his circus in 1885 and, four years later, sold it to the Schribner and Smith Circus. In 1890 his next circus was a wagon show, converted later to rails which toured on 27 cars. He sold this circus in 1889 but by 1901 had another. By 1904 he ceased personally managing circuses but for the next three decades he leased his popular name to various managers, including Andrew Downie, 1918-1924, Floyd and Howard King, 1925-1928, and others from 1930-1937.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
- Posters & lobby cards
- Local Subject
- National Show Co., Inc.
- Added Author
- Riverside Print Co. Lithographer
- Publisher No.
- 2591
- Research Call Number
- MWEZ+++ n.c. 7483 (Main)