Poster
Poster for "Singer's Midgets"
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| Color lithograph poster featuring two scenes of the famous Austro-Hungarian troupe at the top and bottom. At the top, one performer on a violin accompanies several female dancers. Below, performers dressed as cowboys on horses perform rope tricks. Across the middle in large letters is "Singer's Midgets." |
| Image ID: | 89865 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1916 |
| Creator Name: | Strobridge Lithographic Company |
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| Collection Name: | WCFTR Posters |
| Genre: | Poster |
| Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
| Original Format Number: | 5.1.0018 |
| Original Dimensions: | 75 cm by 100 cm |
| This generic poster features one of the best-known vaudeville/circus companies of the time, members of the Pantages circuit since at least 1910. Many Singer's Midgets appeared in several shorts ("Wee Men," 1935) before going on to fame as the Munchkins in "The Wizard of Oz." |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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