Circus Billboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Circus Billboard

Circus Billboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Professor Oscar John Schendel is pictured with a violin and bow in a billboard advertising "Schendel's All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie.  Schendel is billed as "The First and Last of His Kind."
DESCRIPTION
Professor Oscar John Schendel is pictured with a violin and bow in a billboard advertising "Schendel's All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie. Schendel is billed as "The First and Last of His Kind."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:24025
Creation Date: 08 1901
Creator Name:Unknown
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Collection Name:Oscar John Schendel photographs and ephemera, ca. 1901
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 6344
Original Dimensions:3 x 5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Photographs of Oscar John Schendel and photographs and ephemera relating to his All Star Vaudeville Big Three-Ringed Circus and Mammoth Menagerie, ca. 1901. Included are three portraits of Schendel; a photograph of an outdoor stage decorated with various posters and photographs of performers and performances; a small advertisement for a performance; and two clippings about Schendel. One of the clippings describes Schendel as an attorney from Columbus, Wisconsin.
SUBJECTS
Advertising
Circus
Vaudeville
Costume
Work clothes
Billboards
Clothing and dress
Men
Amusements
Attractions
Circus performers

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