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Barnum Museum - http://www.barnum-museum.org/
Is housed in Barnum's last great architectural project, at 820 Main Street in downtown Bridgeport CT. The Museum features special exhibits about Barnum, as well as a comprehensive look at his life in and out of the circus. One of the most interesting exhibits is a miniature recreation of Barnum's circus. The model circus contains over 3000 figures and is over 50 years old. |
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Encyclopedia Britannica Article on Barnum - http://www.theatrehistory.com/american/barnum001.html
A brief biography of Barnum from theatrehistory.com. This article was originally published in Encyclopedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, Volume III. Anonymous. Cambridge: University Press, 1910. p. 417. |
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N.Y. Times Obituary of Barnum (April 7, 1891) - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0705.html
Read the obituary of P.T. Barnum as printed in the New York Times, April 7, 1891 (registration may be required) |
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Barnum, Phineas Taylor [1810-1891]: Self-proclaimed "Prince of Humbugs" - http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/people/BRNM137.htm
An extensive collection of links about Barnum by Rod Davis, a distant relative. Davis suggests a distant relationship with General Tom Thumb. |
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Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey: History and Tradition - http://www.ringling.com/explore/history/
Photograph and biography of Barnum, with an emphasis on the beginnings of the circus. |