Phineas Taylor Barnum (/ˈbɑːrnəm/; July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891) was an American showman, businessman and politician remembered for promoting celebrated...
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railway carriages and wagons were built for use by the Barnum & Bailey Circus, (see Phineas Taylor Barnum) during its tour of Britain and Europe which began...
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optical illusions, with the "American Museum" founded in 1841 by Phineas Taylor Barnum becoming one of the country's most popular attractions. In this...
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production, among others. In the middle of the 19th century, Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum introduces his circus acts as he stands in front of a tent, proclaiming...
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ostensible father being one Rotondo, a tax-collector of that district. — Phineas Taylor Barnum, The Humbugs of the World, 1886. According to David Hunter, the...
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British national newspaper the Daily Mail likened Frank Woolworth to Phineas Taylor Barnum and claimed that the store location had been decided as part of...
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Scrooge #306 1890 Scrooge returns to the United States and joins with Phineas Taylor Barnum, his Uncle Pothole, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, and Annie Oakley on...
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Barkhausen Barnett effect – Samuel Jackson Barnett Barnum effect (a.k.a. Forer effect) – Phineas Taylor Barnum (and Bertram R. Forer) Barton reaction – Derek...
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Times. October 26, 1918. Retrieved 2009-07-24. Phineas Taylor Barnum (1880). The Recollections of P.T. Barnum. p. 307. "A Midget's Demented Mother" (PDF)...
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1956 (inventing the transistor) and in 1972 (superconductivity) Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810–1891) – American showman and Circus Owner Ysaye Maria Barnwell...
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1915. James Anthony Bailey Phineas Taylor Barnum Showmen's Rest The Greatest Show on Earth Train web, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train Facts...
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Retrieved November 26, 2018. Barnum, Phineas Taylor (April 1871). Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum. New York: American News...
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of the other shows touring at the time, including that of rival Phineas Taylor Barnum. He pioneered a vaudevillian style before there was vaudeville....
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Memory in Barnum's America. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-674-00636-2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barnum, Phineas Taylor" . Encyclopædia...
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biggest celebrities of his time, including Edgar Allan Poe, Jenny Lind, P.T. Barnum, General Tom Thumb, presidential candidate Winfield Scott, and Vice President...
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- Volume 9 The Dream of Flying Avrosys MARQUIS DE BACQUEVILLE à PHINÉAS TAYLOR BARNUM Les Hommes de L´aventure Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths...
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Anthony Bailey, who united the Cooper and Bailey with Phineas Taylor Barnum's circus to form the Barnum and Bailey Circus, which later joined with the Ringling...
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Iranistan (category P. T. Barnum)
p. 264. [2] The Life of Phineas Taylor (P. T.) Barnum (barnum.org) [3] Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, CT...
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vol. 6, D. Appleton and Company, 1891 Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1888), How I Made Millions: the life of P. T. Barnum, New York: G. W. Dillingham Blom, Thomas...
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the 1500 metre freestyle heats. One of Ajna's favorite quotes, by Phineas Taylor Barnum says, “Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss, you will land amongst...
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of P. T. Barnum. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International. Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1927). Struggles and Triumphs; or The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written...
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United States, the girls disguised as "Circassians" exhibited by Phineas T. Barnum were in fact Catholic Irish girls from Lower Manhattan. Circassian...
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William C. Coup (category Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus)
came in 1871 when Phineas Taylor Barnum and William Cameron Coup debuted P.T. Barnum's Museum, Menagerie & Circus. ... Soon, Barnum and Coup were turning...
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Unemployed Olle Björklund as Lieutenant on 'Merrimac' Gösta Bodin as Phineas Taylor Barnum, Jenny Lind's agent Carl Deurell as Foreman Bengt Djurberg as Lieutenant...
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The Herald of Freedom (category P. T. Barnum)
T. Barnum". Connecticut Explored. September 2023. Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1927). "Chapter V, Brief Editorial Career, Removal to New York". Barnum's Own...
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– via Google Books. Barnum, Phineas Taylor (30 April 1889). "Struggles and Triumphs: Or, Sixty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum, Including His Golden...
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The Great Bear Almanac, The Lyons Press, New York, 1993. P 28. Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1896). Forest and Jungle, Or, Thrilling Adventures in All Quarters...
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Barnum School building on Noble Ave. Barnum School: located on Noble Avenue; opened in 1892. The school was named after Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum....
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recurring role, as Grandpa Clyde Flynn on the animated television series, Phineas and Ferb. Bostwick is also the spokesperson for Optimum Voice. In June...
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any of the other shows touring at the time including that of rival, Phineas Taylor. During the 19th century, his name was synonymous with theater. At a...
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