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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 25283693, member: 101855&quot;]Here is P.T. Barnum&#039;s museum which was in New York City. Confederate spies or terrorists tried to set it on fire during the Civil War. They did not succeed, but the place did burn down after the war. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Barnum had these tokens struck in England. It is silver plated over white metal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Barnum was always the prankster. A sign in the museum invited people to &quot;see the egress.&quot; People were surprised when they went out the door and found themselves in the street. An &quot;gress&quot; is an exit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is 19th century drawing of the building.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614403[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a colorized picture of it when it burned. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1614404[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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