Freakatorium: The Collection of Johnny Fox

Newspaper Circus Ads Collection. New England, 1830s—80s. Thirty five complete newspapers, many with generally large illustrated ads for circuses, including two different 1882 issues of the Vermont Watchman advertising Nathan’s Cosmopolitan Circus and Railroad Show; Barnum and London featuring Jumbo; 1859 New Hampshire Gazette featuring Dan Rice’s Great Show; 1835 Lowell Patriot with Buckley and Weeks’ “Amphitheater”; 1835 Lowell Patriot Menagerie and Aviary; 1849 Lowell Daily Journal with Welch’s National Circus; 1875 Portsmouth Journal with Cameron’s Grand Oriental Circus; 1841 Lowell Courier with June, Titus, Angevine & Co. Circus; two different 1880 Vermont Watchman featuring The Great London Circus; 1868 Portsmouth Journal advertising The New York Circus; 1876 Vermont Watchman heralding P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth; 1836 Maine Farmer with Menagerie and Circus Combined; 1857 The Zion’s Advocate, P. T. Barnum and anti-slavery and women’s rights articles; two issues of the Lowell Daily Courier for 1847, advertising appearances by Tom Thumb; three sequential issues of the 1845 Lowell Daily Courier, New York Circus; and many more. Good to very good condition.