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Title
Sells
Brothers
Circus
poster
Subject
Circus
;
Persons
;
Posters
Time Period
1870s
Place
Franklin
County
(Ohio)
Description
Image
of a
poster
of the
four
Sells
brothers
:
Ephriam
,
Lewis
,
William
Allen
, and
Peter
,
who
owned
and
managed
the
Sells
Brothers
Circus
. The
poster
reads
, in
classic
design
, "
We
own
and
exclusively
manage
in
person
the
six
enormous
railroad
shows
,
now
united
,
which
bear
our
name
.
We
rent
no
privileges
,
tolerate
no
games
of
chance
or
disreputable
followers
and
retain
supreme
individual
control
in
every
department
. And
we
pledge
our
honor
to
faithful
fulfillment
on
every
promise
to the
high
moral
character
and
absolute
purity
of
our
great
amusement
exposition
.
Sells
Brothers
,
Sole
Proprietors.
" The
Sells
brothers
started
the
circus
in
1871
using
their
combined
life
savings
of
$6,500
and
grew
the
business
to the
largest
in the
world
at
one
time
. They
innovated
using
railcars
to
move
the
circus
from
town
to
town
.
William
Sells
left
the
circus
management
team
in
1881
to
start
a
hotel
in
Topeka
,
Kansas
. The
remaining
brothers
continued
to
run
the
business
then
merged
with the
Forepaugh
Circus
.
Creator
Unknown
Date of Original
1880s
circa
Collection
Dublin
Memories
Digital
Collection
Source
Dublin
Historical
Society
;
Dublin's
Journey
R
977.13
D814
F833d
,
pg
.
46
; "
Shanachie
Historic
Magazine
; A
Publication
of
Dublin
History
and
Culture
";
Volume
III
,
Spring
1988
;
Dublin
High
School
,
Dublin
,
OH
Submitting Institution
Dublin
Historical
Society
Rights
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File Name
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Image Height
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Image Width
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Date created
2010-07-24
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