Barnum & Bailey: Great Ethnological Congress
Maker
The Strobridge Lithographing Company
(American, 1867 – 1960)
Date1895
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions1 sheet (H): 30 x 39 1/2 in. (76.2 x 100.3 cm)
ClassificationsPosters
Credit LineGift of Howard and Janice Tibbals, 2020
Object numberht2000158
Menageries developed into traveling attractions that promoted knowledge of natural history. In the 1830s, menageries began to merge with circuses, creating a dual attraction. Before zoos, the circus menagerie was the only place Americans saw rare and exotic animals from around the world. In addition to animals, an exhibition of people from all corners of the globe was part of the menagerie tent that P. T. Barnum called an "ethnological congress." Barnum wrote, "I meant to secure a man and woman, as perfect as could be procured, from every accessible people, civilized and barbarous, on the face of the globe."
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