Sideshows
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Enquirer Printing Company Collection
Collection
Reference code: NFA0125
Scope and Contents
This collection of printed material produced by the Enquirer Job Printing Company contains American sideshow and freak show posters mainly from the Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not’ franchise and a poster sampler that was taken around by salesmen from the company.
Dates:
1869; c1930 - 1949
Found in:
National Fairground and Circus Archive
New York World’s Fair Museum Presents ‘Believe it or Not’ Prince Ramachandi, Hindu Quarter Man Poster, c1930 - 1949
Item
Reference code: 178R45.7
Scope and Contents
Subjects as cartooned by Robt. L. Ripley. P. T. Barnum’s Greatest Oddity. Colour illustration of man torso and waist on a round table wearing a red fez and smoking a cigar on yellow background.
Dates:
c1930 - 1949
Sideshow and Freak Show Posters, c1930 - 1949
Series
Reference code: 178R45
Scope and Contents
Posters of sideshow and freak show performers printed by the Enquirer Job Printing Company, in Cincinnati, USA, many of which for Leroy Robert Ripley's Believe it or Not franchise.
Dates:
c1930 - 1949