Flamboyant showman whose exotic exhibits included midget Tom Thumb, Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind, and the counterfeit Feejee Mermaid. Ink signature, “Truly Yours, P. T. Barnum, New York,” on an off-white album page, dated March 24, 1871. Matted with a portrait of Barnum, to an overall size of 10 x 15. In fine condition. In Brooklyn, New York in 1871 with William Cameron Coup, Barnum established P. T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome, a travelling amalgamation of circus, menagerie and museum of ‘freaks,’ which by 1872 was billing itself as “The Greatest Show on Earth.” R&R COA.
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