Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Pioneered American circus poster lithography
The Strobridge Lithographing Company was a maker of advertisement posters and lithographs founded in 1847 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company is named after Hines Strobridge who only joined the then stationery store in 1854 when it was known as Middleton, Wallace and Company, after its founding partners E. C. Middleton and W. R. Wallace. In 1859, the company changed its name to Middleton, Strobridge and Company. Strobridge acquired full ownership from his partners after the American Civil War. He built the company's first factory in 1884 on the Miami–Erie Canal in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Over-the-Rhine. Strobridge lithographs later became a popular method of advertisement for circuses and theaters.
Artworks by this artist (332 total)
- William T. Sherman, bust portrait, facing right 1877
- Stonewall Jackson, bust portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform 1877
- Damon and Pythias
- Fruit in a basket and a bowl with flowers in white, red, and blue vase 1877
- Ringling Bros. tremendous 1200 character spectacle Joan of Arc 1912
- Suspension Bridge Grand March
- The Barnum & Bailey greatest show on earth The Apollo trio 1900
- 20 mad-cap merry-makers, grotesque busy-bodies & quaint animal comedians, in a hodge-podge of queer antics 1897
- A turkey placed in the center of the image with chickens in front and a mallard duck sitting in front of the chickens 1891
- Adam Forepaugh & Sells Brothers enormous shows combined 1896
- Forepaugh & Sells Brothers great shows passing under the triumphial Dewey Arch 1900
- Frederick Bancroft, prince of magicians 1895
- Gallagher, Gilmore and Gardner’s. Devil’s auction or the Golden branch 1885
- Humanity the latest English success 1894
- Imre Kiralfy’s grand historic spectacle, Venice, the bride of the sea at Olympia 1891
- Rush City by Gus Heege. 1894
- Sells Brothers and Barrett… Hurrah! Hurrah for Sheridan! 1890-1900
- Sells Brothers and Barrett. The monkey’s trip to the derby 1890
- Sells Brothers’ enormous united shows–Rare zoological marvels … 1895
- Standing horseback riders 1890