This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2023
[EXHIBITIONS & AMUSEMENTS]. Group of 3 handbills. Including: American Museum / Dr. Weldon’s Original Grand Hydro-Oxygen Microscope. New York: T. Snowden, 58 Wall-Street. Exhibition of large-scale projections of insects, “a single drop of water magnified 2,500,000 times,” “the sting of a honey bee…seen thirty feet in length.” [some losses at center fold] – Prof. George Bartholomew’s Equine Paradox! Reading Times Steam Print. Handbill describing the trained horse act accompanied by orchestra. – Grand & Matchless Exhibition / 32, New Cut, Opposite Broadwall. Handbill for exhibition of likenesses of Thomas Wicks, Tom Thumb, exotic animals; a magician; and Miss Robertson “the Smallest Woman in the known World!” Sizes vary, largest 17 ¼ x 5 ¼”.