1912 Barnum & Bailey Circus Souvenir Program CLEOPATRA Antique Magazine

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For sale, 1912, vintage original Barnum & Bailey Circus Souvenir Magazine Program. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH AND THE NEWLY ADDED SPECTACLE CLEOPATRA. Amazing circus history documentation. Beautiful color, not faded. Staples in tact and no staining. The program is in very delicate condition and has tears along the folds. If you would like me to get it repaired for you from a well respected conservator, please let me know.  A very special piece and great add to any circus collection, rarely come to market. With an added Women's Right to Vote aspect. Will be packed very carefully. North*Star has a few other circus lots for you to look at, see Visit Store link at top right of listing page.
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e famed Barnum & Bailey’s presented an elaborate Cleopatra-themed stage show during its 1912 season, featuring over 1250 performers. The show debuted at Madison Square Garden New York City. Certainly many of the female stars participated in the March 1912 suffrage event.
Circus Activism, Performers Demand the Right to Vote.
On March 31, 1912, members of the Barnum & Bailey circus troupe, in town to perform at Madison Square Garden, decided to put on a very different show. The female stars of Barnum’s traveling show decided to throw their support behind the suffragist cause. Unfortunately they were not greeted with the praise they deserved — by either the newspapers or the other suffragists.
Modern women activists of the day were happy to see any headlines relating their cause, as long as the environment was a respectable one. The circus was not one of those environs.
Then consider that most newspapers were operated by men and read by men. While some progressive sheets supported suffrage, several chose to cast the cause in a satirical light where possible. The ladies of Barnum & Bailey gave reporters a particularly ripe opportunity for a little spoofing.
Eight years later, however, they all earned the right to vote.
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