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Illinois State library digitizes historic Barnum and Bailey circus programs
Original: # circus # entertainment # ephemera # GraphicDesign 'Earlier this year Milner Library’s Digitization Center added 54 Bar
Milner Library's Digitization Center at Illinois State University has added 54 Barnum and Bailey Circus souvenir programs, dating from 1874 to 1918, to its digital collections. The material offers a glimpse of vintage circus graphic design and advertising ephemera, and is freely available online to researchers and anyone interested in circus history and entertainment memorabilia.
Why now: The free online release of rare, beautifully designed historical circus ephemera is drawing attention from design and history enthusiasts.
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- # circus # entertainment # ephemera # GraphicDesign 'Earlier this year Milner Library’s Digitization Center added 54 Barnum and Bailey Circus souvenir programs dating from 1874 to 1918 to the library’s digital collections.' https:// news.illinoisstate.edu/2026/10… · researchbuzz@researchbuzz.masto.host · 1
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