Description: 1868 Shannon View of Broadway and Ann Street (Barnum Museum), New York City WE SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAPS - NOT REPRODUCTIONS Title: View Corner of Ann St. and Broadway. (Former Site of Barnum Museum). Description: This is a nice 1868 view of the corner of Ann Street and Broadway in New York City, the former site of the Barnum Museum, by Shannon and Rogers. The view features the building that replaced P.T. Barnum’s American Museum, which burned to the ground in 1865. The Barnum’s American Museum opened in 1841 in lower Manhattan and was a significant part of urban culture. With a combination of entertaining, educational and almost ostentatious displays, from the Fejee Mermaid to General Tom Thumb, it was a combination of a zoo, museum, lecture hall, theater and freak show. The museum also promoted educational ends. In 1865, in what would be one of the most spectacular fires New York has ever witnessed, the American Museum burned to the ground. Witnesses saw animals jumping from the buildings and two whales were reported to have boiled alive in their tanks. P.T. Barnum eventually turned to the circus, for which he remains well known to this day. This view was prepared for inclusion in the 1868 edition of Joseph Shannon's Manual of The Corporation of the City of New York. Size: Printed area measures 7 inches high by 5.5 inches wide. Condition: Very good. Minor staining on margins. Shipping: Shipping rates are not negotiable. Items are shipped within three business days of receiving payment. We are happy to consolidate shipping where possible. The following shipping options are available: 1. FedEx Overnight (45 USD). USA Only. Signature Required. 2. FedEx Ground or Home Delivery (15 USD). USA Only. 1 - 10 days. If your address is a P.O. Box and cannot ship FedEx we will ship USPS Priority and, while we ship promptly, recent postal personnel cutbacks mean that delivery may take time. Signature Required. 3. FedEx International or DHL International EXPRESS (45 USD). 4. We can use your FedEx Account. Customs: International buyers are responsible for paying duty and taxes on delivery. DHL or FedEx will contact the buyer by telephone to arrange tax payment if it is levied. Duty varies by country and we cannot predict the amount you will be charged. Some countries are duty free, others are not. Typically, a customs duty and/or VAT tax will be assessed on all parcels to continental Europe. Sometimes duty or tax is due in China, but is seems very random. Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, and Taiwan have never assessed duty on a map we shipped. Maps shipped to the UK should be duty free as educational materials, but from time to time duty of 5% is assessed incorrectly by the UK customs agents. Insurance: All shipments are insured privately against loss and damage. All of our shipments require a signature for insurance purposes. If you have any questions please feel free to email us through eBay. Other ServicesConservation Framing: Geographicus recommends basic conservation framing services for any antique paper. We do not offer this service. Antique Map Restoration: Geographicus can repair and restore your antique map. Services include deacidification cleaning flattening and backing. BEWARE anyone attempting to contact you, from a different eBay account, claiming to represent Geographicus Antique Maps. My eBay handle is GeographicusMaps. If you are contacted by email by someone offering you my items, please call me directly to be certain you are not dealing with a con artist. "
Price: 110 USD
Location: Brooklyn, New York
End Time: 2024-12-22T22:45:43.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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