Circus World Museum Poster Collection Photos

Circus World Museum of Baraboo, WI, exhibits circus advertising posters, lithographs & art as early as 1843.

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Ringling Bros poster showing five brothers at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Ringling Bros poster showing five brothers in trademark mustaches & tuxes at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster of history of Ringling Bros circus from road show to rail show at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster of Ringling Brothers Kings of the Circus World at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Ringling Bros poster (1888) showing five brothers at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Ringling Bros poster (1900) showing five brothers in trademark mustaches & tuxes at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1901) of history of Ringling Bros circus from road show to rail show at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1905) of Ringling Brothers Kings of the Circus World at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster for Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth featuring childhood's fairyland floats at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Portraits of P.T. Barnum & J.A. Bailey on 1887 poster at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for P.T. Barnum's own & only Greatest Show on Earth at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Tiger Lithograph for Ringling Bros Circus attributed to Jonathan Livingston Bull at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster (1887) for Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth featuring childhood's fairyland floats at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Portraits of P.T. Barnum & J.A. Bailey on 1887 poster at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1879) for P.T. Barnum's own & only Greatest Show on Earth at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Tiger Lithograph (1917) for Ringling Bros Circus attributed to Jonathan Livingston Bull at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey combined shows poster featuring leopard act at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster showing 100 railway cars of Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus which would stretch for 1.3 miles at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Lithograph of 100 clowns who gathered for congress of clowns at Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Richard Sands Circus poster from England at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey combined shows poster (1921) featuring leopard act at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1923) showing 100 railway cars of Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus which would stretch for 1.3 miles at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Lithograph (1928) of 100 clowns who gathered for congress of clowns at Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Richard Sands Circus poster (1843) from England at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster for Great Van Amburgh Cos New Great Golden Menagerie, Circus & Colosseum, an American show at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for Shelby, Pullman & Hamilton's Grand United Mastodon Shows & its Novel Chariot Race between giraffes, zebras & elks, an American show, at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for Adam Forepaugh's Spectacular Pyrotechnic Pageant, an American show, at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for combined Barnum & Great London Circuses featuring Jumbo the world's biggest elephant at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster (1879) for Great Van Amburgh Cos New Great Golden Menagerie, Circus & Colosseum, an American show at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1881) for Shelby, Pullman & Hamilton's Grand United Mastodon Shows & its Novel Chariot Race between giraffes, zebras & elks, an American show, at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1881) for Adam Forepaugh's Spectacular Pyrotechnic Pageant, an American show, at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1882) for combined Barnum & Great London Circuses featuring Jumbo the world's biggest elephant at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster for Zazel, the [female] human projectile, with John B. Doris' Great Inter-Officer Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for Adam Forepaugh's Shows & its American Revolution pageant at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Details of poster for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington's battles at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Details of poster for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington stopping retreat of Monmouth at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster (1886) for Zazel, the [female] human projectile, with John B. Doris' Great Inter-Officer Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1893) for Adam Forepaugh's Shows & its American Revolution pageant at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Details of poster (1893) for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington's battles at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Details of poster (1893) for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington stopping retreat of Monmouth at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Details of poster for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington arriving in his carriage for his inauguration at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.French circus poster for L'Hippodrome Brd de Clichy in Art Nouveau style at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster for high wire dancer Princess Victoria of the Sells-Floto Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Lithograph for Ringling Bros spectacle of Cinderella at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Details of poster (1893) for Adam Forepaugh's American Revolution pageant showing Washington arriving in his carriage for his inauguration at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.French circus poster (1905) for L'Hippodrome Brd de Clichy in Art Nouveau style at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Poster (1919) for high wire dancer Princess Victoria of the Sells-Floto Circus at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Lithograph (1917) for Ringling Bros spectacle of Cinderella at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.
Poster of lady riding hippo in combined Barnes & Sells-Floto Circuses at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Circus posters at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey poster at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Grand Exhibition of Living Animals poster from Pittsburgh, PA in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.
Poster (c1920s) of lady riding hippo in combined Barnes & Sells-Floto Circuses at Circus World Museum. Baraboo, WI.Circus posters at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey poster (1945) at Museum of International Folk Art. Santa Fe, NM.Grand Exhibition of Living Animals poster (c1830) from Pittsburgh, PA in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.
Price & North's British & American Equestrian Co. poster by J.W. Peel of London, England in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Poster for Human Fly act wherein young women walked on ceiling using magnets at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster with bareback horse male acrobat at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster with bareback horse female acrobat at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.
Price & North's British & American Equestrian Co. poster (1845) by J.W. Peel of London, England in circus building at Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, VT.Poster for Human Fly act wherein young women walked on ceiling using magnets at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster (1883) with bareback horse male acrobat at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster (1883) with bareback horse female acrobat at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.
Lithographed circus poster with portrait of woman at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster with acrobats on crossbars at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster with trapeze artists at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.
Lithographed circus poster (1883) with portrait of woman at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster (1883) with acrobats on crossbars at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.Lithographed circus poster (1883) with trapeze artists at Bird Cage Theatre. Tombstone, AZ.
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