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P.T. Barnum

By kaylahcolquitt

  • Barnum begins career as showman

    he begins as a showman by buying an elderly slave and charging people to see her.

  • pt arranges tour for swedish singer jenny lind

    the tour gives him a profit of over 500k

  • Barnum purchases scudder's american museam

  • Barnum gets into poltics

    elected to for Connecticut sate legislator.

  • establishes traveling circus

  • Barnum joins forces with James bailey (Barnum and bailey circus)

  • Barnum dies

  • Barnum circus merges with Ringling brothers

  • irvin feld purchases ringling bros and Barnum & Bailey show

  • circus is shut down permanently.

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