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P. T. Barnum's genealogy Archived May 24, 2018, at the Wayback Machine at the Barnum Family Genealogy website; P. T. Barnum at Find a Grave; P. T. Barnum at Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus; Entry on P. T. Barnum in the Concise Encyclopedia of Tufts History; Full text of The Life of Phineas T. Barnum by Joel Benton, from Project ...
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
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey dates back to 1919 as a combined circus, but go all the way back to the 19th century as separate spectacles that combined human feats of strength and agility ...
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023.
We recently watched "The Greatest Showman" movie (2017) starring Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum (1810-1891), an American icon famous for his circus "The Greatest Show on Earth."
The Barnum estate sale ran from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on October 27th and from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on October 28th and 29th. For more information on the Barnum estate auction, check out this site ...
By 1882 Waino and Plutanor became involved with P. T. Barnum and his traveling exhibitions. With Barnum's fabled promotional skill, the careers of the Wild Men of Borneo took off and over the course of the next 25 years, the pair earned approximately $200,000, which was an enormous sum in that era, equivalent to $6,000,000 today.
Barnum's American Museum was a dime museum located at the corner of Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, from 1841 to 1865. The museum was owned by famous showman P. T. Barnum , who purchased Scudder's American Museum in 1841.