The Lost Museum Archive

BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM.
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ONE WEEK ONLY,
ONE WEEK ONLY,
ONE WEEK ONLY,

Commencing MONDAY, May 11, and

POSITIVELY CLOSING SATURDAY, May 16, 1863.
GRAND NATIONAL BABY SHOW!
NATIONAL BABY SHOW!
BABY SHOW!
WHEN OVER
100 BEAUTIFUL BABIES,
100 BEAUTIFUL BABIES,
100 BEAUTIFUL BABIES,

beside a large number of

TRIPLETS
TRIPLETS

(that is, three children at a birth),

TWINS AND FAT BABIES,
TWINS AND FAT BABIES,
TWINS AND FAT BABIES,

will be exhibited, making the most extraordinary display of
beautiful

JUVENILE HUMANITY

ever congregated together. They will be seen daily,

From 11 o'sclock a. m. till 3 p. m., and
From 7 till 8 p. m.
The Manager has spared no pains or expense in making this

THE MOST INTERESTING BABY SHOW

ever gotten up. He has offered

OVER $2,500 CASH IN PREMIUMS.

beside other discretionary premiums, accounting to several hundred dollars more. These liberal offers have called out

MANY OF OUR BEST FAMILIES,

to place

THEIR HOUSEHOLD DARLINGS

on exhibition to compete for the prizes, and the Manager feels confident that

EVERY LOVER OF A BEAUTIFUL BABY

will here be delighted.

Remember, it continues
ONE WEEK ONLY,

commencing MONDAY, May 11, and closing SATURDAY, May 16.

LADIES and CHILDREN desirous of avoiding the discomforts of a great crowd, will do well to come early in the morning, and see the Museum and other Curiosities before the Baby Show commences.

To be seen at all hours day and evening,

THE BEARDED LADY,
SEA LION, BEAR SAMSON, LIVING MONSTER
SNAKES, HAPPY FAMILY, LIVING SEAL,
AQUARIA, &c.

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THE GREAT STEREOSCOPIC EXHIBITION

continues to be received with immense enthusiasm, and is
universally pronounced

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OPTICAL EXHIBITION

in the world. On a curtain of nearly 1,000 square feet it reproduces true to life and nature, the most beautiful

PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS OF SCENERY,
CELESTIAL AND ANIMATED OBJECTS,
STATUARY,
BASS RELIEFS,
BUILDINGS, PORTRAITS, &c., &c.,

STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS are universally admired, even when seen with the ordinary hand instrument. This is pre-
cisely the same thing in accuracy of delineation, while it is IMMENSELY ENLARGED, and the picture stands out upon a curtain, with the same perspective that is seen in nature, and thousands of people can see it at the same time.

It will remain here but a short time, and every lover of this beautiful art

SHOULD EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY

to see the superb pictures of

SCENERY, STATUARY, BUILDINGS, &c.,

which are so truthfully represented.

The light used in the Exhibition is
THE MOST POWERFUL KNOWN TO SCIENCE, and it gives a clearness and distinctness to the pictures heretofore unknown.
It will be exhibited in the Lecture Room EVERY AFTERNOON and EVENING.
The beautiful domestic drama,

THE OLD HOUSE AT HOME,

EVERY AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock.

EVERY EVENING at 7.

MAD. VERE. THE CLAIVOYANT [sic],
ASTROLOGIST AND FORTUNE-TELLER,

may be consulted privately at 25 cents extra.

Admission, 25 cents; Children under 10, 15 cents.