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Five various circus poster & programmes. Window card (56 x 35.5…
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Sydney
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14-Sep-2019
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Five various circus poster & programmes. Window card (56 x 35.5 cm) Orpheum Circuit. One of the acts highlighted is the Idol of the circus May Wirth with Phil (Wirth) the World's Greatest riding Comedian & family. An article Mollie Fuller, who appears in a sketch on the same programme publ. In the New York Times gives the date as 1922. Professional repairs to edges & corners not affecting the image or text; Bullen Bros & Hagens circus & Zoo programme Now Touring Australasia, c1948; Fitzgerald Bros (circus) official programme. Royal Easter show Sydney, 1905; Wirth's circus & Menagerie souvenir Programme,16 pages. 47th Annual Sydney Season,1927. Troedel & Cooper print, Melbourne; & Wirth Bros circus souvenir programme & magazine, 32 pages. Originally published 1905 but this is a 1926 print by Troedel & Cooper, Melbourne. Some of the illustrations are by Norman Lindsay & D H Souter. 56 x 35.5 cm (poster)
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Art: Prints - Posters