Booklet: "History of Animals and Leading Curiosities . . ."
Booklet entitled "History of Animals," featuring a color illustration of Jumbo the Elephant on the front cover. Jumbo's trainer, Matthew Scott, is shown standing next to the elephant's hind leg, barely visible due to the elephant's exaggerated size. The booklet's full t...
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ftconnecticstlib:oai:oai:collections.ctdigitalarchive.org:60002_1242 2023-05-15T18:01:47+02:00 Booklet: "History of Animals and Leading Curiosities . . ." New York Popular Publishing Co. (Creator) 1882-01-01 - 1885-12-31 Paper Documentary Artifact image/tiff image/jpeg application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:1242 unknown Ownership Statement: The Barnum Museum 60002:1242 local: T 2014.045.001 http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:1242 This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Images and data from The Barnum Museum are intended for public access and educational use only. This material is owned, held, or licensed by The Barnum Museum and is being provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. All other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission of the appropriate department of The Barnum Museum; fees may be applicable. Circus animals Circus--United States--History African elephant Books P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth & the Great London Circus combined with Sanger's Royal British Menagerie Jumbo (Elephant) Text books 1882 ftconnecticstlib 2019-06-14T11:10:44Z Booklet entitled "History of Animals," featuring a color illustration of Jumbo the Elephant on the front cover. Jumbo's trainer, Matthew Scott, is shown standing next to the elephant's hind leg, barely visible due to the elephant's exaggerated size. The booklet's full title is “History of Animals and Leading Curiosities within the P. T. Barnum and London Shows Combined." It was published at the time of Barnum's partnership with James A. Bailey, and J. L. Hutchinson. The celebrity pachyderm Jumbo was part of Barnum’s shows between 1882 and 1885, where this souvenir booklet would have been sold to circus-goers. The 32-page booklet contains detailed text as well as color Illustrations including: a giraffe, tigers, a rhino, a camel, a zebra, a polar bear, nubian buffalo, bears, antelope, an elephant, lions, a leopard, an alligator, and "The Happy Family" display of predators and prey. (The predators were well fed so as not to attack the prey animals.) Today we take for color printing for granted, but at the time this was produced, colored illustrations were less common, so this little booklet would have been especially appealing to purchase. The graphic design of the cover, with Jumbo consuming most of the space, is also visually exciting and adds to the appeal. The main title is composed of an elaborate font with graduated letters, large at the sides and small in the center, and shaded from red to grey-green. Subtitles fill the side spaces around the dark grey elephant. At the bottom in bold black lettering are the words "Ninth Monster Show." Pale red and light green coloring enlivens the background. P. T. Barnum is best known today for the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, but his circus ventures did not come about until he was in his early 60s. His first circus, in the early 1870s, was called P. T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus. Barnum subsequently opened the New York Hippodrome with similar acts. In the 1880s, competition from other circuses increased. A merger between ... Book polar bear Connecticut Digital Archive Nubian ENVELOPE(166.417,166.417,-78.250,-78.250) |
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Booklet entitled "History of Animals," featuring a color illustration of Jumbo the Elephant on the front cover. Jumbo's trainer, Matthew Scott, is shown standing next to the elephant's hind leg, barely visible due to the elephant's exaggerated size. The booklet's full title is “History of Animals and Leading Curiosities within the P. T. Barnum and London Shows Combined." It was published at the time of Barnum's partnership with James A. Bailey, and J. L. Hutchinson. The celebrity pachyderm Jumbo was part of Barnum’s shows between 1882 and 1885, where this souvenir booklet would have been sold to circus-goers. The 32-page booklet contains detailed text as well as color Illustrations including: a giraffe, tigers, a rhino, a camel, a zebra, a polar bear, nubian buffalo, bears, antelope, an elephant, lions, a leopard, an alligator, and "The Happy Family" display of predators and prey. (The predators were well fed so as not to attack the prey animals.) Today we take for color printing for granted, but at the time this was produced, colored illustrations were less common, so this little booklet would have been especially appealing to purchase. The graphic design of the cover, with Jumbo consuming most of the space, is also visually exciting and adds to the appeal. The main title is composed of an elaborate font with graduated letters, large at the sides and small in the center, and shaded from red to grey-green. Subtitles fill the side spaces around the dark grey elephant. At the bottom in bold black lettering are the words "Ninth Monster Show." Pale red and light green coloring enlivens the background. P. T. Barnum is best known today for the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, but his circus ventures did not come about until he was in his early 60s. His first circus, in the early 1870s, was called P. T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan and Circus. Barnum subsequently opened the New York Hippodrome with similar acts. In the 1880s, competition from other circuses increased. A merger between ... |
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This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Images and data from The Barnum Museum are intended for public access and educational use only. This material is owned, held, or licensed by The Barnum Museum and is being provided solely for the purpose of teaching or individual research. All other use, including commercial reuse, mounting on other systems, or other forms of redistribution requires permission of the appropriate department of The Barnum Museum; fees may be applicable. |
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