Advertisements - Barnum Museum

The advertisements sub-collection includes a wide range of material, from colorful posters to handbills, broadsides, and couriers. While many of... Show moreThe advertisements sub-collection includes a wide range of material, from colorful posters to handbills, broadsides, and couriers. While many of the items pertain to Barnum’s circus enterprises, some pre-date that time and relate to the era of his American Museum, including General Tom Thumb’s (Charles S. Stratton) tours. Show less

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: Advertisement: Trade card for Centaur Liniment and Castoria featuring Jumbo

1882-01-01-1890-12-31

: Broadside: "'$1,500,000! in Challenges' - P.T. Barnum to the Public"

1873-04-07 -

: Broadside: "Barnum's Museum on New Year's Day, 1862"

1861-01-01 - 1861-12-31

: Broadside: "General Tom Thumb, Man in Miniature, arriving in Exeter"

1848-01-01 - 1848-12-31

: Document: Advertisement for lecture given by P. T. Barnum at Grosvenor Square, January 30, 1890

: Document: "Subscribers to 'The Life of P.T. Barnum, Written by Himself'"

: Handbill: "Barnum & London 10 Greatest Shows on Earth"

1887-01-01 - 1887-12-31

: Handbill: "Barnum and London 9-Married Monster Shows"

1885-01-01 - 1885-12-31

: Handbill: "Barnum and London 9 United Monster Shows in Haverhill, July 7"

1884-01-01 - 1884-12-31

: Handbill: "Barnum and London, Barnum Returns No More"

1885-06-27

: Handbill: "Barnum's American Museum, Christmas and New Year Holiday Bill"

1864-01-01 - 1864-12-31

: Handbill: "Man in Miniature (General Tom Thumb), arriving in Great Barrington"

: Handbill: "P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, The Great London Circus, and Sanger's Royal British Menagerie 7 Monster Shows"

1882-01-01 - 1882-12-31

: Newspaper ad: "P. T. Barnum's New and Greatest Show on Earth," July 14, 1876

1876-07-14 -

: Poster: "Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth"

1897-01-01-1897-12-31

: Poster: "Barnum and Bailey Parade Section 4, Performing Wild Beast Division"

1888-01-01 - 1892-12-31

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

1864-01-01 - 1865-12-31

: Poster: "Coming with P.T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth, Captain Costentenus the Greek Albanian"

1876-01-01 - 1876-12-31

: Poster: "Fifteen Trained Elephants in Towering Pedestal Pyramid"

1880-01-01 - 1886-12-31

: Poster: P. T. Barnum's "Scenes from a Long and Busy Life"

1881-01-01 - 1881-12-31