All posts tagged "p.t. barnum"
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6.5K2Arts and LeisureGrizzly Adams, Boston Shoemaker, Driven to the Mountains by Lawyers
Grizzly Adams might have gone down as a minor legend in the wilds of California had a fatal injury not taken him...
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3.5KConnecticutSeven Mule Barnum Gets Roasted by Mark Twain
P.T. Barnum’s cousin wanted to go down in history as a statesman and an industrialist, but he could never escape his nickname:...
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4.5KArts and LeisureDexter Fellows – the Greatest Ballyhoo Man on Earth
The circus bug bit Dexter Fellows early in life. As a boy growing up in Massachusetts he attended the Buffalo Bill Wild...
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3.1K1MassachusettsEpes Sargent Tries to Get America to Believe in Ghosts
In the 1860s and 1870s, many Americans grew obsessed with spiritualism and communicating with the dead. The movement, which began in 1848...
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16.2K10Science and NatureChamp, the Lake Champlain Lake Monster
Champ, North America’s answer to the Loch Ness monster, has long been a legend around Lake Champlain. He (or she) has spawned...
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22.9K8ConnecticutP.T. Barnum’s Grandson, Herbert Barnum Seeley, Throws the Greatest Bachelor Party on Earth
Herbert Barnum Seeley inherited a large portion of his grandfather P.T. Barnum’s estate, but none of his common sense. In December of...
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4.8KArts and LeisureSylvia Hardy Leaves Maine to Tower Over the World
Sylvia Hardy, better known as the Giantess of Maine, was an unlikely star. Sylvia’s parents were John Hardy and Jane Dolley Hardy....
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5.9K3Arts and LeisureBenjamin Franklin Keith Bans the Word ‘Pants,’ Builds a Theatrical Empire
Benjamin Franklin KeithBack in the heyday of vaudeville, Benjamin Franklin Keith promised the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston that he would only...
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11.3K10Arts and LeisureThe Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company of New Haven Entertains the Masses (But Doesn’t Cure Them)
Kickapoo Joy Juice was a fictional moonshine created by Al Capp, but there were real Kickapoo ‘medicines’ that sold like wildfire in...
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7.4K3Business and LaborFlashback Photo: P.T. Barnum Turns a Jail Sentence Into a PR Coup
P.T. Barnum was so good at promoting himself he turned a 60-day jail sentence into a publicity campaign that made him a...
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