Forepaugh

The removal of exterior siding during a 1991 home renovation revealed several 1883 posters advertising the Adam Forepaugh travelling circus.

Uncovered: American War of Circus Posters 2010

Of course, it isn't a Forepaugh job for me now or else I wouldn't be down here talking to Buck & Avery.

Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

Such was his dexterity that Forepaugh afterwards lithographed him as an attraction.

Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden

Mr. Barnum's latest sensation, in order to draw crowds, is the consolidation of his great show with that mammoth show formerly belonging to Adam Forepaugh.

Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis

Forepaugh stopped over on his way from Peoria to Decatur.

Ade's Fables George Ade 1905

Forepaugh stopped over on his way from Peoria to Decatur.

Ade's Fables George Ade 1905

"But what was the inside history of the Forepaugh white elephant?" asked one of his companions, and the Colonel smiled as he lighted a fresh cigar.

Side Show Studies Francis Metcalfe 1899

I got some of Cross's employees to swear that they had seen the elephant being painted in Liverpool, and Forepaugh replied by getting a commission of scientific sharps from Ann Arbor to examine the beast and swear that the color was natural.

Side Show Studies Francis Metcalfe 1899

Forepaugh bought all of the animals for his menagerie through him, while we dealt with his great rival, Hagenbeck, of Hamburg.

Side Show Studies Francis Metcalfe 1899

The Forepaugh bunch was trying to poison it, and as the whole thing was dead as a money-making venture and white elephants a drug in the market, we let this one regain its natural color.

Side Show Studies Francis Metcalfe 1899