Newspapers - Barnum Museum

The newspapers present in the collection contain newspapers that not only feature text, but are heavily focused on illustrations. Included are a... Show moreThe newspapers present in the collection contain newspapers that not only feature text, but are heavily focused on illustrations. Included are a dozen Herald of Freedom newspapers from the 1830s, published by P. T. Barnum, with two competitors’ issues from the same time; and selected news magazines featuring stories that pertain to P. T. Barnum and his famous associates. Subjects include Jenny Lind, Charles Stratton (Gen. Tom Thumb), Barnum’s American Museum, and Barnum’s Hippodrome. Full-page and double-page illustrations from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, and Harper’s Weekly are among them. A few clippings are also included. Show less

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: Bridgeport Messenger

: Connecticut Repository

1832-10-24 -

: Herald of Freedom and Gospel Witness

: Newspaper: Boston Museum Newspaper, October 27, 1849

1849-10-27 -

: Newspaper: Centerfold of Harper's Weekly, "View of Broadway, Opposite Fulton Street, New York," Feb. 1860

1860-02-01 - 1860-02-29

: Newspaper: Clipping featuring illustration of "Ruins of 'Iranistan'"

: Newspaper: Harper's Weekly for January 11, 1873 with illustration entitled "The Burning of Barnum's Hippodrome"

1873-01-11 -

: Newspaper: "NY Tribune political cartoon by Thomas Nast titled "Barnum's New 'What Is It'""

1872-01-01 - 1872-12-31

: Newspaper: Promotional Newspaper for Jenny Lind

: Newspaper: "The World's Opinion As Expressed Through the Columns of the Daily Press"

1891-05-30 -

: Newspaper: Uncut edition of Harper's Weekly, April 14, 1866

: Newspaper: "Waldemere, On the Porch, Seaside Park" from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 29, 1874

1874-08-29 -