Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus "The Marvelous Niatto Troupe", 1937
Spectacular vintage circus poster with gorgeous graphics. Very good-excellent condition. Size: 36x41".
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus "The Marvelous Niatto Troupe" Lithograph Poster, c. 1937, with Hartford, Connecticut, attached date banner, overall 36 x 41 in. N.B. On July 6, 1944, the Barbour St. show grounds in Hartford, Connecticut, was the scene of the tragic Great Hartford Circus Fire. 135 people lost their lives when the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus tent caught fire. It would be more than 30 years before Ringling Bros. would return to Hartford, but never to the Barbour St. show grounds.
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