P. T. Barnum & his Iranistan home... Early San Francisco scene...

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May 24, 1851

GLEASON'S PICTORIAL DRAWING-ROOM COMPANION, Boston, May 24, 1851 The masthead features a very nice engraving of Boston harbor with many ships and the city skyline.
Prints within include: "U.S. and Havre Steamer Humboldt" "Dry Dock at Brooklyn, New York" "Office of the Penn Life Insurance Company", a nice nearly half-page print of: "Montgomery St., San Francisco" which must be one of the earliest prints of a California street.
Also: "North River Steamboats" "U.S. Steamer Mississippi" and a nice view of: "Iranistan, The Residence of Mr. Barnum" at Bridgeport, Ct. Also a print of "Phineas T. Barnum" with an article on him.
Also within is a notice for: "The Golden Paper" which was a special publication printed with gold ink done by P. T. Barnum to celebrate the success of Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale".
Sixteen pages, 11 by 15 inches, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War