Circusmuseum.nl – A huge collection of circus posters. nearly 8,000 dating from 1880 to 1930 from all around the world, compiled by Jaap Best.
The ultimate image bank with posters, photos and prints from the collection of Jaap Best, the Netherlands’ largest collection of circus memorabilia. For your enjoyment, our online show, now has nearly eight thousand circus posters from 1880 to the present, from the Netherlands to America, from A2 format to several square meters. At the heart of the collection, and dating from 1880-1930, are nearly 3,500 color lithographs by the Hamburg printer Adolph Friedländer. This year alone we have added 7,000 circus photos and picture postcards. Our sophisticated search engine has hundreds of headwords – not just for acts and artistes, and for owners and individual circuses, but also for fairs, variety shows and the theater.
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