Thursday, February 05, 2015

From Chris Berry #2



At the same time that the Wallendas were thrilling circus fans on Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey - the Ringling-owned Al G. Barnes Circus had a similar highwire act, THE GREAT GRETONAS. The act was similar and so was the litho. Still, even a casual observer will see that the artwork by Erie Litho and Printing was not nearly as detailed and rich as the work done just a couple of years earlier by the artists at Strobridge.

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