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MOVING MECHANICAL WONDERS LIFE SIZE
P.T. BARNUM'S GREAT TRAVELING MORAL EXPOSITIONOF THE WONDER WORLD.
ANIMATE & INANIMATE CURIOSITIES
RARE EXCERPTS OF LIVING WILD ANIMALS MUSEUM CARAVAN & HIPPODROME" ONE TICKET ADMITS TO ALL.
ROYCANGE & PURCELL, NV.
BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE LARGEST SHOW ON EARTH.P.T. BARNUM'S
MUSEUM,MENAGERIE
CARAVAN & HIPPODROME.Admiral Dot's Carriage. Mitrailleuse.
Largest Combination Ever Witnessed !I N
3 COLOSSAL TENTSInfant Esau, or Bearded Child. Wonderful Automaton Performers.
Requires the actual services of
FIVE HUNDRED MEN & HORSES,Contains more Novel Features, more Real andSubstantial Merit, instituted and organized byexpenditure of more Labor and Wealth, andcontains a Greater Variety of Living and
Startling Wonders than was ever seen in
SO ORDINARY SHOWS !
Dot's Classic Poses. Automaton Mus cians.THE MUSEUMDEPARTMENT
Contains in the aggregate more than
One Hundred Thousand Curiosities!
Goliath. French Giant. Miss Anna L k.
:* We have room to mention only a few of the leading features containedtherein, referring the reader to Barnum's Advance Courier,-Mediums,posters and programmes, &c., scattei«iJ|jHpfy' W'here by thousands.
ADMIRAL DOT,The celebrated-California Dwarf, 25 inches high, 19 years old, and weighs
, 15 pounds—four times smaller than General Tom Thumb.
MONS. GOLIATH,The great French Giant, 8 feet 10 inches high.
A Woman Born Without ArmsKnits, Sews, Stitches and Crotchets with her toes with great facility.Sleeping Beauty. Ancient Arms.
INFANT ESAU, or BEARDED CHILDLittle Girl, 5 years old, covered with hair, mustaches and whiskers.
Life-Size Moving Figures representing: the Eucharist or
LAST SUPPERRare Plumed Birds: Japanese "Joss.
AUTOMATON TRUMPETER.MECHANICAL LEOTARD.
MAGIC DRUMMER.YOUNG LADY BELL RINGERS!
Play exquisite melodies on Silver Bells.
Mechanical Goat and Kid IEats Hay, Bleats and Nourishes Young Kid as naturally as Life.
S L E E P I N G B E A U T Y .life size, in elegant repose, breathing precisely as if alive.
DYING ZOUAVE.French Mitrailleuse Captured at the Battle of Sedan!
been in active operation, Throws 600 balls per minute.Last Supper, Life Size. Sea Lion.AUTOMATON MUSICIANS!
MUSICAL MONKEY. BABBIT, CAT AND BEAR
SIAMESE TWINS.ANCIENT ARMS. MECHANICAL SINGING BIRDS.
SECTION OF BARK 31 INCHES THICK,From big tree in California.
Teeth and Jaw Bone of an Arctic Whale.ESQUIMEAUX FROM LABRADOR.
LIVE DIGGER INDIANS!From the great Yosemite Valley.
Greek Slave and Mummies. Horned Woman and Indian God.
THE FAMOUS ARGUS PHEASANT.Curiosities from the Dead Sea
Holy Land, Feejee & South Sea Islands.HORNED WOMAN AND INDIAN TUTELARY GOD.
JAPANESE "JOSS,*? PRIESTSChinese, Indian, and Burmese Gods.
Egyptian Mummies from the Royal Family of Pharoah IAdmirably preserved for,Over 3,000 years.
Powers's Greek Slave. Fac-Similie of Cardiff Giant.White Polar Bear.White Camels and Dromedaries.
Magnificent Figures, modelled from Life, ofKing William, Emperor of Germany: PrinceFrederick Charles, Baron Von Moltke, CountBismarck, Napoleon III;, and Charles Dickens.Prize Articles of Patchwork and Darning from the Old Brewery Mission.
Tinselled Eden of the Fairies. Groups of Classic Statuary.
"WHAT IS IT ?:";. OR FAMOUS MAN MONKEY.A very large and magnificent Collection of Living and Stuffed
Rare Birds, from every habitable portion of the Globe.
Indian Rhinoceros. Three Colossal Tents.LIVING AND WELL-PRESERVED MONSTERS FROM THE
EARTH, SEA AND AIR.In fact, all that is unique, rare and recherche from the exhaustless
realms of Zoology, OrnithoT'ogy,- Geology, Ichtbiology, Conchology,Entomology, Anthropology, Mechanics, Numismatics, Science and Art,have been levied into contribution to make
P.T.BARNUM'SGREAT MUSEUM
A Veritable Traveling Depository of the Marvelousand Unique!
SEE OTHER SIDE.!Barnum's Plowing Elephant lechanical Bell Ringers.
SPECIAL NOTICE. ---Mr. Barnum is particularly desirous of having his great Book, of nearly 900 pages, entitled "STRUGGLES AND TRIUMPHS," read by theyoung people of our country, and as an additional inducement to purchase the book at the extremely low price of $1.50, his Agent is authorized to present every purchasewith a FREE TICKET to the entire Museum, Menagerie, and Hippodrome. The book has always been sold at $3.50
WILL EXHIBIT ATSU P'N BRIDEGE SEPT
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P.T. BARNUM
B. SHUGG & CO
MUSEUM MENAGERIE. CARAVAND HIPPODROMETHE MENAGERIE!
Contains many rare specimens of living Wild Beasts, prominent among which are the MammothAbyssinian Lions, from the Zoological Gardens of King Theodorus, which are everywhereacknowledged to be the largest ever captured; a beautiful Black. Leopard, the only one on thiscontinent; a pair of Vlacke Varks or Abyssinian Wart Hogs, first ever Been in America; SeaLions, Seals and Walrus, from Alaska; Egyptian Crocodiles and Mississippi Alligators; Ele-phants; White Bactrian and Arabian Camels; Baby Camel, four weeks old; Royal BengalTigers; African Leopard; Elands; Gnoos; Nylghau; Polar Bear; Black and Barnean SunBear; Asiatic and Thibetian Taks; Zebras; Giant Kangaroos, eight feet high ; Horned Horse ;Bhinoceros; Jaguar; Puma; Hyenas; Apes; Monkeys; Baboons; Bocky Mountain Sheep; Ante-lope; Elk; Anacondas and Boa Constrictors, twenty feet long; besides a collection of minoranimals, not necessary to enumerate.
The Ornithological DepartmentO F
LIVING BIRDSContains Magnificent specimens of the most beautifully Plumed, gathered everywhere.Cassowary, Herons Light Bramas, Ostrichs, &c, being among the largest of thecollection.
Abyssinian Lions, once owned by Theodorus.
THE
Great HippodromeUnder the personal supervision of the Famous
DAN CASTELLO !
Is on a scale of Grandeur and Magnificence never before attempted by the combined tact, talentand liberality of the management in the entire history of amusement enterprises during allthe past. I t is replete with a bevy of genuine novelties, absolute and entire/having no parallelin the of Olympic Sports, ancient or modern.
It is represented by a corps of artists whose fame is commensurate with the boundaries ofboth worlds, compared with which the feeble attempts of •'lesser stars," pale and glimmer witha flickering uncertain light.
Black Leopard, only one on this Continent.
THE GREAT
STREET PAGEANTOn entering each City and Town, will present a variety of gratuitous features and performances'well worth going many miles to see. To the usual cortage of Elegant Carriages, Cages, andDens, will be added that of Elephants, Camels and Zebras, Admiral Dot s, Pigmy Chariot,Ponies and liveries; Massive transparent Crystal Cages, containing Huge Reptiles,20 feet long;performed by Great African Snake Charmers, in full view; Royal Palace Cagea and CrystalVans.
GORGEOUS GOLDEN CHARIOTS,Forty feet high, Built in London, England, expressly for P. T. Barnnm, surmounted withrevolving tableaux of Golden Elephants, Lions, Tigers, Bhinoceros, Leopards and Bears,besides a long retinue of Elegantly Caparisoned Arabian Horses, Lilliputian Ponies, and Hippo-Tigers; Magnificent Flags, Banners and Shields.
African Leopard.
LIVING WILD
ANIMALS!
IN OPEN S T R E E T S ,
Startling and Comical Hippodromatic Featsand Performances during: the Procession.Royal Bengal Tiger.
Barnum's Plowing Elephant !AND
BABY CAMEL,Only 4 Weeks Old.
Together wi th the greatest variety and extent of richly ornamented Cages andEquipages, with gold-mounted Harness. Also many other rich and dazzling splen-doors, the like of which never have been, and perhaps, never will be seen again in this
or any other age.
DAVI ANCS PURCELL
Brazilian Jaguar.
REMEMBER!The combined Exposition will be made in
3 Colossal TentsAny one or all of which may be visited for
ONE PRICE OF ADMISSION,Viz., 50 Cents.
Children under Nine Years, 25 Cents.
TWO EXHIBITIONS DAILYAFTERNOON and EVENING,
DOORS OPEN AT 1 AND 7 O'CLOCK, P.M.(SEE OTHER SIDE.)Asiatic and African Elephants.
DIAGRAM OFP.T. BARNUM'SGREAT EXHIBITION
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CURIOSITIES FROMALL PARTS OF THE
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