This man had Abraham Bogardus fabricate a picture showing the ghost image of Abraham Lincoln behind him in order to expose the "spirit photographer" William Mumler.
This man had Abraham Bogardus fabricate a picture showing the ghost image of Abraham Lincoln behind him in order to expose the "spirit photographer" William Mumler. He built the Moorish revival mansion Iranistan, and employed workers like Nellie Keeler and Isaac W. Sprague. This one-time mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut wrote the self-help book The Art of Money-Getting, and arranged Jenny Lind's tour of America. He staged a series of popular "national baby shows," which offered fifty dollars for the fattest baby, at his namesake (*) "American Museum" in New York City. At that museum, he exhibited William Henry Johnson as the "missing link" "Zip the Pinhead," alongside other "freaks" like General Tom Thumb, the "Feejee mermaid," and the Siamese twins Chang and Eng. For 10 points, name this promoter who allegedly said "there's a sucker born every minute," and founded a popular circus with James Bailey.
This man had Abraham Bogardus fabricate a picture showing the ghost image of Abraham Lincoln behind him in order to expose the "spirit photographer" William Mumler.
Phineas Taylor (P. T.) Barnum