Content: "Gen. Tom Thumb and wife, Com. Nutt and Minnie Warren." "The greatest spectral illusion, The ghost." "Extraordinary novelty. Little Minnie Warren, the empress of beauty." "Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper E.G. Squire, editor. New York, May 2, 1863."
Source Note: A collection of clippings mainly from 19th c. books and periodicals, organized by subject to form a file of more than 150,000 items. Hourvitch, A. R. , Donor. Pictorial Archives , Compiler. Pusch, Reinhold Theodore , Former owner.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 19 x 6 cm. (7 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17089937
Barcode: 33333159198361
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 996c3020-c559-012f-a3fd-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1863

Cite this item

MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Advertisements for Barnum's American Museum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1863. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c3020-c559-012f-a3fd-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1863). Advertisements for Barnum's American Museum Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c3020-c559-012f-a3fd-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Advertisements for Barnum's American Museum" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c3020-c559-012f-a3fd-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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