A wide handbook illustration explicitly captioned as the Bridgeport winter quarters of Barnum & Bailey’s Circus.
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Source: Moses King and Moses Foster Sweetser, King’s Hand-book of the United States (1891), p. 144; British Library scan via Wikimedia Commons.
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Bridgeport: Barnum & Bailey winter quarters, 1891 publication A wide handbook illustration explicitly captioned as the Bridgeport winter quarters of Barnum & Bailey’s Circus. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US-CT(1891)_p144_BRIDGEPORT,_WINTER-QUARTERS_OF_BARNUM_%26_BAILEY%27S_CIRCUS.jpg Date: Published 1891; depicted date unknown The source notes that its scan was digitally processed and that appearance may differ from the original page. Publication year is not an exact observation date.
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Silent Grounds Collective, Barnum & Bailey Circus: Bridgeport and New Haven, SGC-CIRCUS-024, CIRCUS-002, “Bridgeport: Barnum & Bailey winter quarters, 1891 publication.” Source: Moses King and Moses Foster Sweetser, King’s Hand-book of the United States (1891), p. 144; British Library scan via Wikimedia Commons.. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US-CT(1891)_p144_BRIDGEPORT,_WINTER-QUARTERS_OF_BARNUM_%26_BAILEY%27S_CIRCUS.jpg. Research edition, accessed 2026-09-08.