Messrs. P.T. Barnum, J.L. Hutchinson, and J.A. Bailey, proprietors of the "greatest show on earth," and James Elliott, father of all but one of the Elliott children, were arrested yesterday ...

General Tom Thumb only stood about three feet, four inches tall. But he made a huge impact during his life as a 19th-century ...

This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman who was supposedly George Washington's ...

Barnum's father died when he was 15 and he was determined to rise up from his poor living. He first bought a museum and made it into a live performance with animals. He would then partner with ...

PT Barnum may be better known as the loose subject of the movie The Greatest Showman, but his life was so much more than that work of fiction. A master of entertainment, an entrepreneur ...

Feld Entertainment has donated a series of historic items to the Library of Congress, ranging from the earliest known ...

An original musical inspired by the life of P.T. Barnum, starring Hugh Jackman. Barnum was a visionary who rose from nothing to create the "Greatest Show on Earth", a spectacle and celebration of ...

The ‘world’s biggest elephant’ helped to raise awareness about the famous bridge’s safety, while also promoting P.T. Barnum’s circus. Following 13 years of construction, New York’s ...