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

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: Newspaper: Cover and article from Harper's Weekly for February 21, 1863, featuring the Fairy Wedding

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: Newspaper: Cover illustration of New York Illustrated and article, featuring the Fairy Wedding, February 21, 1863

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

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: Newspaper: "The Fairy Wedding - The Marriage Ceremony of Charles S. Stratton [...] Frank Leslie's Illustrated, black and white

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: Newspaper: "The Fairy Wedding - The Marriage Ceremony of Charles S. Stratton [...] Frank Leslie's Illustrated, color version

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