Jenny Lind Concert Ticket, October 19, 1850
date: label: date made
content: 1850
name: label: referenced
content: Lind, Jenny
label: referenced
content: Barnum, P. T.
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This ticket is from a concert given by Jenny Lind at the Music Fund Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 19, 1850. The ticket is printed:</p>
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content: <p>THIS ENTITLES THE BEARER TO A<br>$7.00 SEAT<br>At Mad'lle Jenny Lind's Concert,<br>Saturday Evening, October 19, 1850.<br>The Seat will be pointed out by the Ushers.<br>P.T. Barnum</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Johanna Maria “Jenny” Lind (1820-1887) was a Swedish soprano, famously known as the "Swedish Nightingale." She was one of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century. American showman P. T. Barnum contracted Lind to undertake a concert tour throughout the United States beginning in 1850. Lind terminated her contract with Barnum amicably in 1851 and continued to tour for nearly a year under her own management.</p>
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content: <p>Advance publicity created such a demand for concert tickets that Barnum sold them at auction. Throughout the tour, popular frenzy for Jenny Lind tickets and merchandise created “Lindomania” raising large sums of money for Lind and Barnum. Lind donated much of her profits to charitable causes.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sarah Ella Cummings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MI.63.251c
label: accession number
content: 71118
label: catalog number
content: 63.251c
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ticket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 7.9375 cm