Barnum's Museum ablaze, July 13, 1865, artist's impression, zoomable image

Scanned by

Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

06/30/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, June 12, 2015.

Depicted ContentIn a spectacular and destructive fire, P.T. Barnum's American Museum burns to the ground in New York City

Image type

engraving

Original caption

The great conflagration in New York City, July 13 - total destruction of Barnum's Museum with its million of rare and wonderful curiosities (The accumulation of the past fifty years) together with twenty adjoining buildings - Loss $2,000,000

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 29, 1865, 296.