P.T. Barnum's Great Traveling Exposition & World's Fair: 1873 Maine Route

Den Stone's Circus, Hippodrome, Indian Show, The Celebrated Central Park Menagerie and Zoological Combination: 1873 Maine Route

Tuesday, August 12, 1873 - Augusta, Maine

Source: Maine Farmer (Newspaper), Saturday, August 2, 1873

Barnum Returns to Maine for the 1873 Season!

In 1873, P.T. Barnum's Grand Traveling Museum Menagerie Caravan Hippodrome & Circus returned to Maine and the advertisement makes the claim the the show is "Ten Times Larger Than Ever". This year, the

1873 Advertisement for the "The Wonderful Fairy Sisters"

This is a May 24, 1873 advertisement for "The Wonderful Fairy Sisters" to promote their upcoming performance at Lewiston City Hall. As the ad states, they also performed with "The Famous Deuel Family".

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