Photographs - Barnum Museum

The Photographs sub-collection contains an array of formats that track the development of photography itself. These include daguerreotypes,... Show moreThe Photographs sub-collection contains an array of formats that track the development of photography itself. These include daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes (ferrotypes), cartes de visite, cabinet cards, stereoviews or stereograph cards, large format albumen prints, a poster composed of applied photographs, and “real photo” postcards. Subjects of the images include portraits of P.T. Barnum, his family members, and his associates, as well as images of P.T. Barnum's homes, Lindencroft, Waldemere, and Marina, with many interior views of the latter two homes. The back sides of the Waldemere series include descriptions of the rooms hand-written by Nancy Fish, Barnum's second wife. There are numerous photographs of Charles S. Stratton (Gen. Tom Thumb) as well as images of his wife, M. Lavinia Warren, her sister huldah "Minnie" Warren, and George Washington Morrison Nutt (Commodore Nutt). Show less

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: Photograph: Caroline Barnum Thompson as an older woman

1905-01-01-1905-12-31

: Photograph: Charity Barnum (Mrs. P. T. Barnum) wearing ringlets, and crossed white collar

1868-01-01 - 1873-12-31

: Photograph: Charles S. Stratton, full length portrait against a plain background

1865-01-01 - 1875-12-31

: Photograph: Full length portrait of Minnie Warren

: Photograph: Full-Length Portrait of P.T. Barnum, holding a top hat and walking stick

1880-01-01-1880-12-31

: Photograph: General Tom Thumb (Charles S. Stratton) as Napoleon

: Photograph: Julia Hurd, Barnum granddaughter, wearing a red cloak

1865-01-01-1870-12-31

: Photograph: Jumbo the elephant, dead on the railroad tracks

: Photograph: Lindencroft under the ownership of the Bassick family

: Photograph: M. Lavinia Warren and Primo Magri outside their home

1890-01-01 - 1899-12-31

: Photograph: M Lavinia Warren and Primo Magri with Warren's nephew holding both their hands

1917-01-01 - 1917-12-31

: Photograph: Older Charles S. Stratton and M. Lavinia Warren, linked arms

: Photograph: Portrait of P. T. Barnum with cane in hand from the 1880s

1885-01-01-1889-12-31

: Photograph: Portrait of seven of P.T. Barnum's grandchildren and great grandchildren

: Photograph: "P.T. Barnum and his oldest grandson, C. Barnum Seeley"

: Photograph: P.T. Barnum, Nancy Fish-Barnum, and other Bridgeport citizens in Fortress Monroe, VA

: Photograph: "P.T. Barnum with arm resting on base of column"

1860-01-01 - 1865-12-31

: Photograph: P.T. Barnum's Grave at Mountain Grove Cemetery

1893-01-01 - 1893-12-31

: Photograph: "Testing the Pivotspan with 12 Elephants" (owned by Barnum Museum)

: Photograph: The Lilliputian Card Game (owned by the Barnum Museum)

1863-01-01 - 1870-12-31

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