This Saturday, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art opens The Amazing American Circus Poster: The Strobridge Lithography Company, 1879-1939. The exhibit, which showcases the circus’ influence on ...

Photoshop CS6 tutorial showing how to make a custom, vintage, circus poster. Part 1 shows how to make the finished poster ...

Crystal Palace Grand Imperial Circus and Hippodrome: Nora, the Only Performing Hippopotamus in the World, c. 1932, Maycock Cadle & Graham Ltd. Howard Tibbals Collection. Les 4 Freres Bouglione ...

Though she knew little about the circus when she joined The Ringling staff 27 years ago, Deborah Walk is now considered one of the top circus historians in the country, and she credits millions of ...

Recently, in Bar Harbor, Maine, I attended the unveiling of a new work of art, a memorable and impressive painting of the circus, a triptych done in 3 sections that spans almost an entire wall. The ...

We lost one of the greats today. Legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan has passed away at the age of 78. His death was confirmed on his official Instagram account with the message: “It is with a ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. The Communist Party limited most ...

PROVIDENCE — Ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, step right up! For your viewing pleasure: wonderments and freaks, feats of artistic bravado, and disturbing evidence of colonialist bigotry! “Circus” ...

All Ron Berger wanted was to install a door between two buildings. Instead, much to his astonishment, he opened a window into the early history of Durand, Wisconsin, on Labor Day weekend 2015 when he ...