Adam Forepaugh/4-Paw Show

Description:

Broadside advertisement for the Adam 4-Paw/Forepaugh Shows, in their 29th year. Advertises Circus, menagerie, museum, aviary, Imperial Moorish circus, and hippodrome, as well the historic bible spectacle "The Fall of Nineveh." Front features two drawings of Ninevah, as well as sketches of Adam Forepaugh, the founder, and J.T. McCaddon, the manager. The back features more descriptions of shows and explains that they will exhibit at Binghamton on Thursday August 18.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

General Subject Association: TheaterSubject: Circus

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Popular Entertainment, Circus Collection

Exhibition:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.0235.06Accession Number: 1983.0235Catalog Number: 1983.0235.06

Object Name: handbill

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 29 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in; 74.93 cm x 26.67 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-f072-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_679411

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