Title:
Nubian buffalo bull and cows
Scope & Content:
A man in a red cap and white loin cloth tends to several water buffalo. There is a large body of water behind him. The text below states that an agent had to travel 11,000 miles to Africa to secure the "nubian buffalo bull and cows." The scene is promoted as part of the matchless pageant.
This poster is one of many fine examples of circus posters printed by the Strobridge Lithograph Company of Cincinnati in the early 1880s 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 1880s 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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