Frontispiece: P. T. Barnum in 1851. TCS 1.1296. Courtesy of Houghton Library, Harvard University. https://images.hollis.harvard.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=HVD_VIAolvwork606439&context=L&vid=HVD_IMAGES&search_scope=default_scope&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US
1. P. T. Barnum in London in 1844. From portrait by Charles Baugniet. Courtesy of Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
2. Charity Hallett Barnum in an 1847 oil portrait by Frederick R. Spencer. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
3. Advertisement for an exhibition of Joice Heth. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
4. Moses Kimball. From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1902. Courtesy of Boston Athenaeum.
5. “Fejee Mermaid.” From The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself.
6. Three mermaids. From The Life of P. T. Barnum, Written by Himself.
7. Charles Stratton with his father, Sherwood Stratton. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
8. Tom Thumb as Napoleon Bonaparte. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
9. P. T. Barnum and Tom Thumb. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
10. The American Museum on lower Broadway in 1842. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
11. 1855 lithograph titled “Sleighing in New York.” Courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g02722/
12. Three Barnum daughters, painted by Frederick R. Spencer. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
13. Iranistan, in Fairfield, Connecticut, courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g02470/
14. The singer Jenny Lind. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
15. P. T. Barnum and Commodore Nutt. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
16. The 1863 “fairy wedding” of Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
17. Christopher Pearse Cranch (1813–1892), The Burning of Barnum’s Museum (1865), oil on canvas, 30 x 48 inches. Private collection.
18. Horace Greeley, editor of the New-York Tribune. Courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/pga.08505/
19. P. T. Barnum in the 1860s. Courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cwpbh.02176/
20. Charity Hallett Barnum. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
21. Nancy Fish. Courtesy of Paul Smith’s College, Joan Weill Adirondack Library Archives. https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/paulsmiths/id/10539/
22. P. T. Barnum with Nancy and his children and grandchildren. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
23. Barnum & Bailey Circus poster. Courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3b52428/
24. Jumbo the elephant. Courtesy of Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University.
25. Jumbo’s death, 1880. Courtesy of Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University.
26. A poster for “Great Jumbo’s Skeleton” in Barnum’s first Greatest Show on Earth. Courtesy of Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/ppmsca.32620/
27. P. T. Barnum in the 1870s. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.
28. A postcard of Barnum & Bailey’s Winter Quarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
29. Barnum’s Marina, to the right of Waldemere, which would be torn down. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
30. Poster for The Greatest Show on Earth. Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
31. Pamphlet cover for “Nero, or the Destruction of Rome.” Courtesy of Bridgeport History Center, Bridgeport Public Library.
32. Barnum and his beloved great-grandson, Henry Rennell. Courtesy of Barnum Museum.