Morgan L. Phillips was an old circus man who lived in a tent at 40 Cherry Street in New York City with his wife, their grandson, a horse, and some dogs. Discover his story, and explore the history of 40 Cherry Street.
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1894: The Hobo Horse and Morgan Phillips, the Old Circus Man of Cherry Street
Posted: 30th December 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Stories, Horse TalesTags: Cherry Street, New York History, Old New York, Two Bridges
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1892: Rosy the Manatee and 90 Swans-a-Swimming on New York’s Roosevelt Street
Posted: 3rd December 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: Central Park menagerie, Donald Burns, Roosevelt Street
Once upon a time, before New York City’s “deep East Side” was razed to make way for new public housing projects, there was a little colonial-era street just north of the Brooklyn Bridge called Roosevelt Street, where Donald Burns sold wild animals.
The P.T. Barnum Museum and Menagerie at Broadway and Ann Street, Part III
Posted: 25th October 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: American Museum, Broadway and Ann Street, P.T. Barnum, St. Paul Building, The Happy Family
When most of us hear the name P.T. Barnum, we automatically think of the circus and “The Greatest Show on Earth.” But many years before P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Circus made its debut in 1870 — and 40 years before he partnered with James A. Bailey – Phineas Taylor Barnum rose […]
1865: The P.T. Barnum Museum and Menagerie at Broadway and Ann Street, Part II
Posted: 18th October 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: American Museum, Ann Street, Anthony Jansen van Salee, Cornelius Van Tienhoven, New York City History, P.T. Barnum, Smit's Vly
When most of us hear the name P.T. Barnum, we automatically think of the circus and “The Greatest Show on Earth.” But many years before P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Circus made its debut in 1870 — and 40 years before he partnered with James A. Bailey – P.T. Barnum rose to […]
1865: The P.T. Barnum Museum and Menagerie at the Corner of Broadway and Ann Street, Part I
Posted: 3rd October 2015 by The Hatching Cat in Animal Attractions, Animal StoriesTags: American Museum, John Scudder, New York History, P.T. Barnum, Tammany Society
When most of us hear the name P.T. Barnum, we automatically think of the circus and “The Greatest Show on Earth.” But many years before P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan, and Circus made its debut in 1870 — and 40 years before he partnered with James A. Bailey – Phineas Taylor Barnum rose to fame with a very large collection of artificial and natural curiosities from around the world that he displayed at his American Museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street in New York City.
