Hoffman's Novelty Circus

Title

Hoffman's Novelty Circus

Description

This poster promoting Hoffman’s Novelty Circus provides an example of the halftone process used in advertising. Notice the grid pattern across the surface of the image, showing how dots were printed closer together or further apart to achieve different gradations of grey. 

This album is part of the Prairie Ephemera Collection housed in Bruce Peel Special Collections.

People

photographer unknown

Date

[1943]
106.7 x 35.8 cm
FC 3234.2 P732 PE000407

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Full poster 72dpi 1000px.jpg
bears and uncle george 72dpi.jpg
halftone detail B 72dpi.jpg
halftone detail A 72dpi.jpeg
dogs 72dpidpi.jpg
PC271.jpeg

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Citation

photographer unknown, “Hoffman's Novelty Circus,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed April 18, 2024, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3044.

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