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Auction History Result 4d0408 WALTER L. MAIN SHOWS linen 28x42 circus poster 1890s wonderful art of high wire artists, rare! Date Sold 4/16/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Linenbacked Circus Poster (measures 27 3/4" x 41 1/2" [70 x 105 cm]) (Learn More) The Walter L. Main Shows/Circus was founded by Walter L. Main in 1886. The circus grew rapidly and in 1891, Walter purchased 11 railroad cars and put his circus on rails and the show was a huge success. On May 30th of 1893, the circus train was descending a steep grade when the engineer lost control and the train crashed at high speed at the bottom of the mountain. Four people were killed instantly and another two died later of their injuries. The circus lost many valuable animals and most of the show's equipment was destroyed. After the devastating train wreck, the show was rebuilt and returned to the road but it eventually closed in 1904. However, Main cleverly leased the name of the circus to other shows well into the 1930s. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this circus poster! If anyone knows more about the exact date of this circa 1890s circus poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had some horizontal creases scattered throughout, with some tiny stains and creases and a few tiny areas of paper loss. It had some tears 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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