Title:
The only specimen of the nubian or white buffalo ever captured
Scope & Content:
A white water buffalo snorting enormous puffs of smoke is surrounded by men on horses, dogs, and a man with a spear. One man on a horse holds a rope also held by the man with the spear in an attempt to encircle the animal.
This poster is one of many fine examples of circus posters printed by the Strobridge Lithograph Company of Cincinnati in the early 1880's when American entrepreneur and cultural icon P.T. Barnum first negotiated the merger of his circus to form "P.T. Barnum's and Great London Combined."
This poster is one of many fine examples of circus posters printed by the Strobridge Lithograph Company of Cincinnati in the early 1880's when American entrepreneur and cultural icon P.T. Barnum first negotiated the merger of his circus to form "P.T. Barnum's and Great London Combined."
Extent of Description:
ca. 24 1/2" x 31"
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