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The Life of Phineas T. Barnum, Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: Life of Hon. Phineas T. Barnum by Benton. Betts, John Rickards. "P. T. Barnum and the Popularization of Natural History", Journal of the History of Ideas 20, no. 3 (1959): 353–368. Cook, James W. The Arts of Deception: Playing with Fraud in the Age of Barnum. Cambridge ...
Huldah Pierce Warren Bump (June 2, 1849 – July 23, 1878), [1] better known as Minnie Warren, was an American proportionate dwarf and an entertainer associated with P. T. Barnum. Her sister Lavinia Warren was married to General Tom Thumb. They were very well known in 1860s America and their meeting with Abraham Lincoln was covered in the press.
To market the act, Barnum gave Stratton the name General Tom Thumb, naming him after the popular English fairy tale. [4] The tour was a huge success and soon expanded. A year later, Barnum took young Stratton on a tour of Europe, making him an international celebrity. [5] Along with Barnum, Stratton appeared before Queen Victoria.
The earliest record of Battersby performing as a Fat Lady is in 1869 at P.T. Barnum's American Dime Museum. She was billed variously as both a "Giantess" and a "Mammoth Fat Lady". [4] Battersby, third from right, with a group of Barnum's performers around 1865. In 1883, she was said to weigh 760 pounds and earn a salary of $200/week. [5]
Annie Jones Elliot (July 14, 1865 – October 22, 1902) [1] was an American bearded woman, born in Virginia.She toured with showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. . Whether the cause of her condition was hirsutism or an unrelated genetic condition that affects children of both sexes and continues into adult years is
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Nancy Fish Barnum Callias D'Orengiani, Baroness (née Fish; 22 April 1850 – 23 June 1927) was an English socialite, daughter of a successful cotton miller and the second wife of P. T. Barnum, 40 years her senior. After the death of Barnum's first wife in 1873, they married the following year in both London and New York City.
Samuel Russell Wilmot, (1829-1897) prolific inventor with over 150 domestic and international patents including a portable steam saw, the spring steel hoop for hoop skirts, the cold rolled steel process, and the screw micrometer; founder of Bridgeport Brass (originally named Wilmot & Kissam in Brooklyn, NY-moved to Bridgeport at P. T. Barnum ...