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    Just arrived : the new dime museum for one week only at 295 Essex St.

    • Title:Just arrived : the new dime museum for one week only at 295 Essex St.
    • Variant Title:The new dime museum
    • Published/Created:[Salem, Mass : T.J. Hutchinson & Son, Printer, [19th century]
    • Physical Description:1 sheet ; 13 x 36 cm
    • Holdings Information

      • Location:Phillips Library Stacks
      • Call Number: GV1835.55 .M37 J87
      • Number of Items:1
      • Status:Available
      • Notes: small broadsides
      • Actions: Request

       
    • Subjects:Dime museums--Massachusetts--Salem.
      Drag queens--Performances.
      Salem (Mass.)
    • Format:Mixed Material
    • Notes:Date inferred from text claining that Irene Woodward is "...the greatest wonder of the 19th century!"
    • Local notes:Broadside advertising "the new dime museum" at 295 Essex Street, Salem, Massachusetts, featuring such attractions as "Irene Woodward: G.B. Bunnell's Original Tattooed Lady," "Mr. Joseph Jenney, The Great Female Impersonator," and "Mr. J. Lang in his wonderful immitations on the harmonica."
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