Giants
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
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
The Viking Giant direct from Iceland Poster, c1930 - 1949
Item
Reference code: 178R45.8
Scope and Contents
Johann K. Peterson in person, 8’ 8’’ tall, weight 425 pounds, world’s tallest man. Printed on card. Black and white photograph in the centre showing a tall man in Viking outfit stood next to a small man. Photograph on a yellow background with red footer and red, black and white type.
Dates:
c1930 - 1949