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Auction History Result 2a0740 COLE BROS. CIRCUS linen 28x41 circus poster 1941 cool artwork of high-wire act! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Circus Poster (measures 27 3/4" x 41 1/4" [70 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) The Cole Bros. Circus was a medium-sized American circus which was founded in 1884 as W.W. Cole's New Colossal Shows by William Washington Cole. In the 1930s, the circus employed two noted animal trainers, Clyde Beatty and Allen King, both of whom traveled in their own railroad cars. Another well-known performer with the circus was Bob Strehlau (Juggles the Clown). In 1957, investors merged Beatty's show with the circus to form the Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus and the show became a major player in the circus industry for over 20 years. In the 1980s, the last surviving investor gifted the circus to Florida State University who later sold it to John W. Pugh who renamed the show back to Cole Bros. Circus. As of 2016 the show was essentially defunct, largely in response to animal rights activists advocating against the use of animals for live performances. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that Hubert Castle (also known as Hal Silver) was a tightwire aerialist from the 1920s to the 1950s. His performance routine was that of an inebriated man in a top hat and tails fumbling his initial tricks only to do a quick change and then continue as a master of the wire. Silvers did several challenging tricks on the wire including the handspring, front and back somersaults and a swaying motion where he released the tension and made the wire wobble as he walked across it. He continued to perfect his craft and later appeared in the Cole Bros. Circus in 1947 in a featured role. Castle was also booked on the 1951 season of the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus, and purportedly refused to appear in the Cecil B. Demille movie The Greatest Show on Earth because he demanded extra pay. After his wire walking days were over he started a Shrine sponsored circus that was headquartered in Seagoville, Texas. The show, under Castle's management prospered for many years. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster was never folded. It had a long diagonal tear in the lower right background area, with some small tears, pinholes, and paper loss around the edges. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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