Step Right Up: Circus and Sideshow Memorabilia
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Lot 434
Barnum's Great Museum, Menagerie, Hippodrome and Traveling World's Fair courier.
Estimate: $250 - $350
Sold for
$180
Sold Price includes BP
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Barnum's Great Museum, Menagerie, Hippodrome and Traveling World's Fair courier. New York, (1873). Program or courier for Barnum's Great Show, illustrated with a portrait and vignette of "Barnum's Magic City" at top. The program includes a Grand Oriental Pageant, curiosities including Fiji Cannibals, Admiral Dot, Armless Boy, Zip the Wild Boy, Mlle. Angela the Female Samson, and more. [4] pages.
14 3/4 x 10 1/4".
Condition
Short tears with clear tape repair, slight nicks and creases; offsetting.
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