The Dark Side of P.T. Barnum

The real story behind The Greatest Showman

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MUSIC
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STILLS
P.T. Barnum
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Phineas Taylor Barnum
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Freaks from Calcutta
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General Tom Thumb, aged twelve
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Antique portrait of famous people: Phineas Taylor Barnum
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The second deluge First appearance of Jenny Lind in America ca. 1850
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Jumbo, the Big African Elephant at the Zoological Gardens, Recently Purchased by Mr. Barnum.
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An early engraving of the Siamese Twins Chang and Eng Bunker.
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Mr. Barnum's White Burmese Elephant Toung Taloung: The Elephant with His Burmese Attendant in Jumbo's House at the Zoological Gardens
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Madame Goldschmidt (Jenny Lind)
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Circus Crowd
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Hum-Bug (P T Barnum)
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Chang And Eng Bunker
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James A. Bailey
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Antique illustration of USA: Bridgeport, Connecticut - Factory
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Samuel Root or Marcus Aurelius Root general tom thumb.
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Waiting in line for Circus Tickets
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Antique photograph: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
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Phineas Taylor Barnum, Circus pioneer and politician, 1810-1891
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Circus Winter Quarters
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Cover of "Home Sweet Home"
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P. T. Barnum & Co. Circus Poster
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Portrait of P.T. Barnum
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View of the American Museum, Broadway, New York
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P.T. Barnum
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Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth, The Peerless Prodigies of Physical Phenomena and Great Presentation of Marvelous Living Human Curiosities, Circus Poster, circa 1899
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1850s FIRST APPEARANCE OF...
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Caricature Of Barnum Curiosities
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Burning Of Barnum'S Museum
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Sketching of Texas Ranchman
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Portrait of Circus Tycoon P. T. Barnum
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Printing the Daily Telegraph newspaper, London, c1900 (1903)
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Circus Elephants Performing for Sick Children
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Portrait of P.T. Barnum
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Elephants Traveling Through Lincoln Tunnel After Rail Strike
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Headshoulders Portrait Of Jenny Lind
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Barnum And Bailey Circus Advertisement
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P.T. Barnum and Tom Thumb
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The Hippodrome
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P. T. Barnum
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P. T. Barnum
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United States, Portrait of P, T, Barnum
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Barnum & Bailey Horse Show
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Portrait of Circus Showman Phineas T. Barnum
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'Barnum's National Poultry Show Polka' Sheet Music
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Henry James (1843-1916) american naturalised english novelist and his brother William James (1842-1910) american philosopher, picture by Marie Leon, 1908
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Barnum Trade Card
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Going To The Circus
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Daniel J. Boorstin
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Victoria
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Jumbo On Broadway
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Tom Thumb
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Portrait Of P.T. Barnum
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Wee Laddie
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Portrait Of P.T. Barnum
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Broadway
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Portrait Of P.T. Barnum
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Barnum's Museum