King Bros Circus Showgirl & Horse c. 1950

                     Printed by The Enquirer Printing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio

This vintage the King Brothers Circus half-sheet poster (21 inches tall by 28 inches wide) in multiple colors with a Chico, California date strip features a beautiful showgirl sitting with a clown standing behind her and is dated from 1950.  NOTE: Although the artwork is unsigned on this poster, another poster with a nearly identical rendering is signed “Roland Butler”.

This circus and many others like it drove to and set up on a multi-acre empty lot called Hahn Field.  The poster mis-spelled the name Hahn.  I know because I went to school with Mark Hahn for many years.  The site is now a Chico State College apartment complex called “The Zoo” in honor of it’s circus history.