P.T. Barnum's American Museum in the 1850s and after a fire in 1868. The museum was one of New York's most famous attractions. It held a combination of scientific and not-so-scientific exhibits. After surviving an attempt by Confederate sympathizers to burn it in 1864, the museum did burn down in 1865 and burned down again, in a new location, in 1868. After the 1868 fire, Barnum shut down the museum.
Stories of Patagonian giants are nothing new. But the tale of Kap Dwa, a 12-foot, two-headed giant whose mummified body somehow ended up in Baltimore, Maryland, has raised questions as to its authenticity.
Is this all an elaborate hoax; another addition in the freak shows of the famed P. T. Barnum. Or could there be a kernel of truth in claims that this specimen is all that remains of a lost tribe of Patagonian giants?
Jenny Lind, the famous “Swedish Nightingale” was incredibly popular in her day. This paper doll set dates to somewhere ~1850, and is held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution.
As “Norma”
“In Concert-Toilette”
Valentine from the opera "Die Hugenotten" (The Huguenots)
“Alice” from “Robert de Teufel”
The cover of the box:
Jenny Lind
“Vielka” from the opera... “Vielka.”
More Vielka
“Daughter of the Regiment”
(A poster of the same show)
Dona Anna from Don Juan
Agathe from the opera "Der Freischutze"
Amine from the opera "Die Nachtwandlerin" (The Somnanbule)
Bon, n'étant pas très mobile, difficile de créer des posts avec de nouvelles photos. Je reviens donc à mon projet de présenter l'intégralité de mes photos, projet interrompu à l'année 2017. Je vais donc essayer de clore cette année 2017. Et elle sera close par Marseille aux vacances de Noël.
les deux premières : le Pharo et le Monument aux Héros et Victimes de la Mer
La Cathédrale de la Major
la terrasse du Musée Regards de Provence
le cirque implanté au J4, près du MuCEM
des graffiti sur le chemin de ronde du Fort Saint-Jean
Raúl Esparza once again stole the show with his performance of There's A Sucker Born Every Minute from the Musical Barnum during the Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway by showcasing everything that we love about him. As always, all proceeds benefit MCC Theater (in Raúl Esparza's honor) and the Joyful Heart Foundation (in Raúl Esparza's & Peter Scanavino's honor).
In the spirit of our recent post on The Lions of Travalanche, here is a handy grouping together of all the posts we have done on pachyderms, to be shared on World Elephant Day, or Elephant Appreciate Day, or any day you choose.
Of Jumbo, and His Sad Death
Barnum’s Plowing Elephants
Powers Dancing Elephants
Of Topsy, and Her Coney Island Execution
An Op-Ed From When Ringling Retired Their…
The “Fairy Wedding” of proportionate dwarfs, Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838-83) aka General Tom Thumb, and Lavinia Warren Bump (1841-1919), Grace Episcopal Church, New York City, February 10, 1863. —Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper