In 1924 George Christy started featuring a spec titled “Noah’s Ark” as part of his show. Not only was it a great way to display the animals in his menagerie, but the religious theme was also a draw to the circus when it was in the Bible-belt. When...
This lithograph from the Chris Berry Collection was used by the Sparks Circus at about the time that John Ringling bought the show as part of his purchase of the American Circus Corporation only a couple of weeks before the stock market crashed in October of 1929....
M.L. Clark and Son’s Combined Shows M.L. Clark’s Herd of Performing Elephants (c.1910) Donaldson Litho Co. – One Sheet Mack Loren (M.L.) Clark and his brother Wylie (W.C.) first started in the mud show business about 1885. Their circus – The...
“Country Roads – Take Me Home….” Imagine traveling on this dirt road in about 1915 and seeing a spectacular daub for Sells-Floto brightening up an otherwise drab scene. The posters are not clear enough to identify – except for the title...
Before there was a 101 Ranch Wild West there was a 110,000 acre farm and ranch owned by the Miller family near what is now Ponca City, Oklahoma. The Millers lived not far from Gordon Lillie, who had his own show known as Pawnee Bill’s Wild West. When the Miller...
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros Enormous Shows Combined Equestrienne (1902) Strobridge Litho Co. – One Sheet This particular one sheet lithograph was first created by Strobridge Litho Co. for the Barnum & Bailey circus in 1894, and reworked in 1900 for the...
