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[[Image:Hd7547.jpg|right|thumb|Phineas Taylor Barnum by Mathew Brady, c.1860]]
 
[[Image:Hd7547.jpg|right|thumb|Phineas Taylor Barnum by Mathew Brady, c.1860]]
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Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum (1810-1891) was the owner and promoter of the "Greatest Show on Earth," an entertaining traveling circus.  Financial support from [[J.P. Morgan]] and [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] enabled Barnum to take his circus around the country.   
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Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum (1810-1891) was the owner and promoter of the "Greatest Show on Earth," an entertaining traveling [[circus]].  Financial support from [[J.P. Morgan]] and [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]] enabled Barnum to take his circus around the country.   
    
Barnum sold millions of tickets in his lifetime, attracting visitors to see elephant "Jumbo" and General [[Tom Thumb]], who stood only 25 inches tall.  He included both President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Queen Victoria]] as fans.
 
Barnum sold millions of tickets in his lifetime, attracting visitors to see elephant "Jumbo" and General [[Tom Thumb]], who stood only 25 inches tall.  He included both President [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Queen Victoria]] as fans.
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