A color company poster displaying portraits of P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey. This is touring-company context for the two Connecticut locations; it does not advertise either city by name.
Evidence, credit & reuse: Public domain in the United States: original work published before 1931. Library of Congress catalog dates the poster 1897 and states no known restrictions on publication. Available source derivative is 460 × 640; not upscaled.
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, catalog item 2002719029.
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Barnum & Bailey portrait poster A color company poster displaying portraits of P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey. This is touring-company context for the two Connecticut locations; it does not advertise either city by name. Source: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719029/ Date: 1897 Library of Congress catalog dates the poster 1897 and states no known restrictions on publication. Available source derivative is 460 × 640; not upscaled.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Barnum & Bailey Circus: Bridgeport and New Haven, SGC-CIRCUS-024, CIRCUS-003, “Barnum & Bailey portrait poster.” Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, catalog item 2002719029.. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002719029/. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.