Curtiss Show Print Records

The Curtiss Show Print Records consists primarily of print blocks, the letterpress work done by Curtiss for its show business clients, and the paperwork accompanying the print orders. It contains posters, heralds, handbills, photographs, job tickets, correspondence, and printing blocks. Some of the companies and performers that are covered in the collection are the Kinsey Komedy Kompany, The Ginnivan Dramatic Company, Eddie Mason's Big Hoosier Country Store show, Beers-Barnes Circus, Woods's Chautauqua, and Bryant's Showboat, as well as several other circuses, minstrel companies, tent shows, vaudeville performers, and Uncle Tom's Cabin companies. Materials date between the 1910s and 1973, with the majority of the materials dating between the 1910s and 1940s.