A WONDERFUL thing was uncovered here in central Iowa last week.
As the owner of a little building in Vincent Iowa was renovating the building she readied it for new siding. They tore off the old siding and old tar paper and a gem of a historic poster was uncovered. The local historians have pinpointed it's date to be around 1910/1911 when the Ringling Brothers Circus visited the Ft. Dodge area. After the circus left, the poster was covered up and hasn't seen the light of day until last week. Now that it has been found again the colors are as bright as they were the day it was made! The black tar paper did it's job!! The poster isn't in the best of shape, but parts of it could be saved. I have included only a few of many photos I have of it in this blog. I tried to contact the Ringling Brothers Circus but my email was deleted without being read. I have contacted the Smithsonian, but havn't hear back from them.
What a wonderful bit of Americana!!
2 comments:
this is seriously THE coolest thing! It is absolutely beautiful!
I hope they can save it!
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