The Strong Man.

by Amy@AQ-V on August 19, 2009

Another serving of turn-of-the-century poster design via the circus. See last week’s installment here.

Louis Cyr – Strongest Man on Earth.
Created/Published: 1898. Medium: Chromolithograph. Publisher: Courier Company Litho, Buffalo, NY.
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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Jay August 20, 2009 at 10:24 am

Those boots…. worthy of a superhero!

Thereza August 21, 2009 at 11:00 am

he looks like one of the ‘el justicieros’ i came across on my research back when i was producing the drawings for the exhibition :)
excellent!

Amy@AQ-V August 21, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Jay: Yes, those boots are *mighty* grand! :)

Thereza: Ha, had not thought about how much fun the research must have been for that super series of yours!

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