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The Cincinnati Art Museum and the Cincinnati Historical Society have
collections of circus posters. Also the Ringling Museum in Florida and
the Hertzberg Circus Museum in San Antonio have significant circus
poster collections. I'm pretty sure the Hertzberg has side show
posters.
Mona Chapin
Cincinnati Art Museum
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Tara Carlisle wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> A patron is writing about American sideshow posters,
> (other subject terms would be fairground, freak show,
> and sideshow banner art) He has checked the usual indexes
> and bibliographies and still is having difficulty finding any kind
> of substantial information.
>
> I thought I would check to see if anyone out there knows of a
> collection, recalls an exhibition on this topic, or perhaps know of
> individuals/institutions that collect this genre of graphic art.
> At this point he is looking for any kind of information that he can
> find.
>
> Respectfully,
> Tara
>
> Tara Carlisle
> Art Librarian
> University of North Texas Libraries
> PO Box 305190
> Denton, Texas 76203
> (940) 565-4405
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