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Traveling menageries

Traveling animal exhibitions and circuses advertised entertainment across the country. Newspaper pages from 1840 to 1842 on a map and timeline.

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23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.

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465 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (80 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. Morning Herald — 1840-01-03, page 3

    … public and naturalitli tliat tbry have r?uMnhe4 a rare,beautiful, and eiUfceiee Menagerie of Living Animal* and B-a>U, at the above named place. Their rollecti?n com|irliei …

  2. Morning Herald — 1840-01-28, page 3

    … public and naturalists that they have established a rare,beautiful, and extensive Menagerie of l.ivmg Auimals ami Beasts, at the above named place. Their collection comprises …

  3. Morning Herald — 1840-02-28, page 2

    … f?r comedy, some for opera, some frtr spectacles, siune for monsters, some for menageries, some far farce, and all for fun. At last Price and Simpson, and Wallack, were …

  4. Morning Herald — 1840-03-05, page 3

    … Amphithea're to aee the whole of the aplendid collection in the grand and extenaivc Menagerie adjoining the Theatre, is nightly drawing crow da of beauty and faehion (JCf- MR …

  5. Morning Herald — 1840-03-10, page 3

    … frutn the opening of the doors enter the spacious and brilliantly illnmitiat' 4 Menagerie, where amidst one hundred beasts and birds ol gre.it beauty and rarity, may be …

  6. Morning Herald — 1840-03-11, page 3

    … Ik- (i.k.I s ?i!1 he op# i.i lat sit ocloi k, ni.il the public admitted to the Menagerie niin. iiauly. thus allow ing in hour iiml ? half to i irw ikr splendid (jiratfe …

  7. Morning Herald — 1840-03-14, page 3

    … Observe:?Tlie doors w ill lie opened at sis o'clock, and the public admitted to the Menagerie immediately, thus allowing m hour and a ball' to view tin splendid (Hraffc, 4,c …

  8. Morning Herald — 1840-03-16, page 3

    … from the opening of tin-door# eiiter the spin ioim and brilliantly illuminated Menagerie, where amidst one hundred beasts and birds ofprent he;tul> and raiity, may lie …

    … Observe!?'The doors will lie opened*! am o'clock, and the public admitted to the Menagerie inimrdrntely, thus allow I up an Hour and a hall to \ iow the splendid Giraffe, …

  9. Morning Herald — 1840-03-17, page 3

    … Obftcn*;!- Tl?e d?x rs will be opened*! wix o'eltx k. hud the public admitted to the Menagerie immediately, thus allowing an hour and a halt to view the splendid Giraffe, fkc …

  10. Morning Herald — 1840-03-18, page 3

    … can from the opening of the door* enter the spacious and hiilliunily illuminated Menagerie, where amulet one hundred leant, and bird* of great beauty ut.il rai il > , inav …

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