Birthplace of Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel, Conn. – Vintage Wall Art
![Birthplace of Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel, Conn., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ba/badf9dc5f432-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Birthplace of Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel, Conn. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Birthplace of Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel, Conn.
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Bethel, Connecticut, is the town where P.T. Barnum was born in 1810, and this view shows the house that marks his beginnings. Barnum later built the American Museum in New York and, with partners, the traveling circus that carried his name across the country. The picture is a photographic copy of a wood engraving by Sears, a common way 19th-century illustrations were reproduced and circulated. The caption card gives no date, so the copy's exact age is uncertain.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint of wood engraving by Sears. Wittemann Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,098 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152242 |
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