
Vintage Circus Poster: Big Bingo the Two-Story Elephant, 1970s reprint, 1916, Ringling Bros.
The Strobridge Litho. Co. Original Circus Poster: "Big Bingo, Biggest Brute That Breathes, Giant 'Two-Story' Elephant,' Now Exhibited by Ringling Bros" (Cincinnati?: The Strobridge Litho. Co.?, 1916). English, Very Good, No Binding, 36" x 23 1/2." ISBN: N/A Very Good reprint poster with color illustration on white paper. Poster printed on one side; blank on verso. Poster is rolled. Poster has light age toning, slight wrinkling (more noticeable along extremities), and some tape residue on back, else clean and intact. An eye-catching and unique piece of Ringling Bros. history, a vintage 1970s reprint of a circus poster from 1916 that features "Big Bingo," a "two-story" elephant, as one of the circus's attractions. The color illustration on the poster shows Big Bingo in all of his glory standing next to a man dressed in traditional Indian attire, presumably his handler. Stylized text (the title), also in color, is part of the illustration. Copyright information printed at bottom on front