Strobridge Lithographic Co (1 results)

Condition: Near Fine. 50 gelatin silver prints measuring (8" x 5"). A collection of photographs of circus posters printed by the Strobridge Lithographic Co. for the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus during the early 1920s. All fifty photographs are identified on the back with titles neatly written in ink, together with a small number and date ink stamp. Included are several unique prints with images of variant posters of the same design issued in different years: about two or three also have a small printer's pencil note, and one image is overlain with a light penciled grid. Light toning on the versos, a few small nicks, near fine overall. The collection contains poster images of several popular performers and acts, as noted in manuscript on the versos, including: "Berta Beeson" (High Wire Artist); "Girl, Clown & Bear"; "Chariot Race"; "Performing Polar Bears"; "Rhino & Hippo" (World's Biggest Menagerie); "Lady Riders"; "Clown & Tents"; "Nelson Family" (Acrobats); among many others. A rare surviving printer's archive of the Greatest Show on Earth in the 1920s.…