Poster: "Barnum's American Museum, Performance Three Times Daily, [Sun]rise till 10"

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Ownership Statement: The Barnum Museum 1864
• Subjects: Curiosities and wonders; Dwarfism; Albinos and albinism; Zoo exhibits; Vitiligo; Conjoined twins; Entertainers; Aquariums; People with disabilities > United States; People with disabilities; People with disabilities and the performing arts; Posters; Barnum; P. T. (Phineas Taylor); 1810-1891; Thumb; Tom; 1838-1883; Magri; M. Lavinia (Mercy Lavinia); 1841-1919; Lind; Jenny; 1820-1887; Bunker; Chang; 1811-1874; Eng; Albinos; Bridgeport; Hannah; White whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/60002:3625

Broadside promoting the attractions at Barnum's American Museum in New York City, as well as P. T. Barnum's successes in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Broadsides were a common format for advertising events and performances in the 1700s and early 1800s. They were typically printed in black ink (...