Barnum's new American museum, no. 539 & 541 Broadway, N.Y., between Spring and Prince streets The lecture room of Barnum's new American museum. – Antique Photo Print
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Few images capture their era like this antique engraving of Barnum's new American museum, no. 539 & 541 Broadway, N.Y., between Spring and Prince streets The lecture room of Barnum's new American museum.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Barnum's new American museum, no. 539 & 541 Broadway, N.Y., between Spring and Prince streets The lecture room of Barnum's new American museum.
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The lecture room of P. T. Barnum's new American Museum, at 539 and 541 Broadway between Spring and Prince streets, is the focus of this wood engraving from *Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper* in its September 30, 1865 issue. Barnum's original museum had burned in July 1865, and he quickly reopened in a new building on the same stretch of Broadway. The lecture room was a central part of that venue, where talks, demonstrations, and performances were given alongside the museum's exhibits of curiosities, natural history, and live shows. Barnum's mix of respectable lectures and popular spectacle made the museum one of New York's best-known attractions of the period.
| Created / published | 1865 Sept. 30. |
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| Medium | 2 prints : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 21, no. 522 (1865 Sept. 30), p. 20. |
| Subjects | Barnum's American Museum--Buildings--1860-1870. Galleries & museums--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870. Lecture halls--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870. Facades--New York (State)--New York--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,420 × 2,214 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif05604_BarnumsnewAmericanmuseumno5395 |
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