#barnum

[a-little-revolution]

"hey, why is [insert thing related to a disability] offensive?"

"well you see, there was a man named pt barnum--"

of course. it's always pt barnum, he's always (hyperbole) at the scene of the crime

Hello! Truly! P.T Barnum was a major player in popularizing sideshow and freak show culture, owning and trading countless slaves along the way. He truly was an awful man - be sure to look him up when doing work on disabled history, the ugly laws, slavery, etc.

[nickfromtopgunfanclub]

he was really just doing anything huh

[celluloid-dreamland]

The Greatest Showman (2017)

[worldhistoryfacts]

An artist's depiction of the 1868 fire at Barnum's American Museum in which almost all of Barnum's massive menagerie perished in the flames:

Barnum's Animals

Indoor whales, giant elephants, trained pigs, and America's changing ideas about animals

[iwasonlydancing]

Song of the Day

"Bigger is Better" performed by the original London cast of Barnum

[burtlancster]

fierce

[hippography]

BEAUX SPÉCIMENS DE LA RACE. 1. Zig-Zag, Étalon, 11 ans, 1 m. 69; à M. Charles Darthenay. 2. Fleuron de Doiceau. 3. Barnum; à M. Dal. 4. Mine-d’Or, Jument poulinière, 1er prix; à M. Bruniaux. 5. Karvella, Pouliche, 1er prix. 6. Renoncule, alezane, 1 m. 65, née en 1916; à M. François Gabet. 

Vie à la Campagne, Vol. 65, 15 Octobre 1930

[creatureofmoss]

Barnum! 1986