TOM MIX CIRCUS HALF SHEET POSTER 1930's ORIGINAL W/ELE

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TOM MIX CIRCUS HALF SHEET POSTER 1930's ORIGINAL WITH CIRCUS ELEPHANT. 21x27 poster for Tom Mix Circus was printed by U.S. Ptg. & Eng. Co. of Kansas City, MO. and features great image of turban-wearing man riding large elephant. Additional poster text touts Equestrians Supreme - Thrilling Aerialists - Menagerie & Hippodrome. Bottom margin shows wear w/some tape staining and creasing. Poster was folded and has 2 strip of tape staining at left center margin. 1 vertical tear at top center and scattered small edge tears repaired in back of poster. Upper left has 2x2.5 corner replaced and upper right has 1x2.25 corner piece replaced. These blend somewhat. Pin holes in corner. Still displays nicely. Posters have always played a crucial role in advertising for circuses: weeks before the circus would come to town, poster hangers would arrive and plaster images of the latest acts, trapeze performers and wild animals who would be performing. Barnum and Bailey was perhaps the best known American circus company, but there were many others - like the Tom Mix Circus - who also had illustrious careers and long touring histories. The headliner of this circus - Tom Mix - was a household name at the beginning of the last century. A much-married, high-living, honest-to-goodness cowboy, Tom Mix made more than 160 cowboy films throughout the 1920s. These featured action oriented scripts with sharply defined hero's and bad guys who were sharply defined and a clean-cut cowboy always saved the day. Millions of American children grew up watching his films on Saturday afternoons. His intelligent and handsome horse Tony also became a celebrity. Mix did his own stunts and was frequently injured. He also had a history of performing in a variety of circuses including the Sells-Floto circus and the Sam Dill Circus (which he was reported to have purchased in 1935). This poster is considered to be highly collectible and rare. I have six other Tom Mix original posters that I will be listing. Combined shipping available. Poster will be rolled and shipped in a tube. Please ask any question that you may have. Thank you, Dave