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Barnum's Museum

Barnum's Museum

(English)
1859
Medium/TechniqueStereocard, albumen prints mounted to card stock
DimensionsMount: 8.3 × 17.5 cm (3 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineEdward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession number65.3233
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
Collections
ProvenanceOliver Wendell Holmes (b. 1809 – d. 1894), Boston; by descent to his grandson, Edward Jackson Holmes (b. 1873 – d. 1950), Boston; 1950, bequeathed by Edward Jackson Holmes to his widow, Mary Stacy Beaman Holmes (b. 1875 – d. 1964), Boston; 1965, bequest of Mrs. Holmes to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 1, 2015)
Triumphal Arch of Titus, Rome
Triumphal Arch of Titus, Rome
London Stereoscopic Company
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Stereoscopic Company
The Falls of Montmorenci near Quebec, Canada
The Falls of Montmorenci near Quebec, Canada
London Stereoscopic Company
Athens. Bas Reliefs by Phidias, from the Parthenon
Athens. Bas Reliefs by Phidias, from the Parthenon
London Stereoscopic Company
Ice Cavern, White Mountains, New Hampshire, U. S.
Ice Cavern, White Mountains, New Hampshire, U. S.
London Stereoscopic Company
Rievaulx Abbey from the South
Rievaulx Abbey from the South
London Stereoscopic Company
1850–1859
Burnham Beeches, (The Finest Specimens in the World)
Burnham Beeches, (The Finest Specimens in the World)
London Stereoscopic Company
A Plant Dissected, Showing the Fibres of the Leaves
A Plant Dissected, Showing the Fibres of the Leaves
London Stereoscopic Company
Table Rock, Narragansett, R.I.
Table Rock, Narragansett, R.I.
Clarke's Stereoscopic Views
1 of 73 Stereographs
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
1 of 101 Stereographs
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point Trail, Yosemite Valley, California
Underwood & Underwood, London & New York
1901