Author: The Barnum Museum

The Play is a Tremendous Hit!

We are back in the United Kingdom again this week, focusing on Barnum’s latest activities there as he makes the final arrangements for the opening performances of Hop O’ My Thumb, the new play starring Gen. Tom Thumb.  Continue reading “PTB Letters (#65) The Play is a Tremendous Hit!”

Barnum Video Du Jour!

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Talented and Poetical Puffing

This week’s blog shares more of the assorted news and gossipy tidbits contained in P. T. Barnum’s March 1^st, 1846, letter to his American Museum manager, and also captures follow-ups added to the letter two days later. Continue reading “PTB Letters (#64) Talented and Poetical Puffing”

Barnum Video Du Jour!

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Showman Shorts!   Continue reading “Barnum Video Du Jour!”

The Lion, the Mummy, and the Museum

Upon Barnum’s return to London from Scotland, he found an unusually long letter awaiting him from his American Museum manager, and sat down to reply immediately. Continue reading “PTB Letters (#63) The Lion, the Mummy, and the Museum”

Barnum Video Du Jour!

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A Great Country for Wealth and Grandeur

Last week we left Barnum in a state of great anxiety as he tried to work out a settlement to compensate the people who’d been injured at the theatre in Airdrie, Scotland. Continue reading “PTB Letters (#62) A Great Country for Wealth and Grandeur”

Barnum Video Du Jour!

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This week’s episode: The Miniature Walnut Carriage of Commodore Nutt! Continue reading “Barnum Video Du Jour!”

Averting a Lawsuit

Late February of 1846 was proving to be a difficult time for P. T. Barnum, as a group of uncharacteristically short letters reveals.  Continue reading “PTB Letters (#61) Averting a Lawsuit”