P. T. Barnum - Wikipedia He established P T Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan Hippodrome in 1870, a traveling circus, menagerie and museum of "freaks" that adopted many names over the years Barnum was married to Charity Hallett from 1829 until her death in 1873, and they had four children
P. T. Barnum | Biography, Circus, Facts, Quotes | Britannica P T Barnum, American showman who employed sensational forms of presentation and publicity to popularize such amusements as the public museum, the musical concert, and the three-ring circus With James A Bailey, he made the American circus a popular spectacle
About P. T. Barnum | The Barnum Museum Barnum was the most famous man in America in the 19th century, perhaps even the world! He was a regular correspondent with famous world figures including Mark Twain, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Queen Victoria, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant and Thomas Edison
10 Things You May Not Know About P. T. Barnum - HISTORY Barnum was an entrepreneur from an early age Barnum’s knack for moneymaking first manifested during his youth in Bethel, Connecticut The future showman sold snacks and homemade cherry rum
History of PT Barnum | The Barnum Museum With the burgeoning ambitions of a visionary, yet still a man of his times, P T Barnum embraced the dream of a truly democratic nation, and in doing so, inspired a new American society to reach beyond the limits of ordinary expectations, to see the world as a place of opportunity and wonder
P. T. Barnum summary | Britannica In 1871 he started a circus and in 1881 joined a rival, James A Bailey (1847–1906), to form the three-ring Barnum and Bailey’s Circus, which featured the elephant Jumbo as part of the “Greatest Show on Earth ”
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Barnum (musical) - Wikipedia Barnum is an American musical with a book by Mark Bramble, lyrics by Michael Stewart, and music by Cy Coleman It is based on the life of showman P T Barnum, covering the period from 1835 through 1880 in America and major cities of the world where Barnum took his performing companies