Step Right up for Circus Sideshow Banners, An Article From LiveAuctioneers

View the original article on Live Auctioneers here. NEW YORK — Handpainted on canvas, vintage circus sideshow banners — some measuring up to 30 feet in width — were designed to titillate and shock circus-goers. A form of on-site advertising, they offered entry (for an additional fee, of course) to view sword swallowers, knife throwers,…