BOSTON MUSEUM, |
INTEMPERANCE, |
Tremont Street,...Boston, |
and its certain evils; illustrated in three groups, the last a |
ALWAYS OPEN DAY AND EVENING. |
correct picture of a |
THIS MUSEUM is The largest, most valuable, and best |
Wife Murdered by her Husband. |
arranged in the United States. It comprises no less than |
Also groups of a School,-a Milliner's Shop,-A Shoemaker's |
SEVEN DIFFERENT MUSEUMS, |
Shop,-a Barber's Shop,- a Blacksmith's Shop, &c., as well |
to which has been added the present year, besides the constant |
as a variety of single figures of distinguished men, &c. with |
daily accumulation of articles, One Half of the celebrated |
upwards? of |
PEALE'S PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM, |
One Hundred of Cabinet Size, |
swelling the already immense collection to upwards of |
rendering it the largest collection of Wax Figures in America |
HALF A MILLION ARTICLES, |
The entire of the above, and the immense collection of |
the greatest amount of objects of interest to be found together |
BIRDS, BEASTS, FISH, INSECTS & REPTILES. |
at any one place in America; and an entirely |
derived? from all parts of the world, together with innumera- |
NEW HALL OF WAX STATUARY, |
ble varities of Natural and Artificial Curiosities. |
ONE HUNDRED FEET in length, filled to its utmost capacity |
Paintings, Engravings and Statuary, |
with WAX FIGURES of the size of life, singly and in groups, |
OIL PORTRAITS |
to the number of upwards of TWO HUNDRED, which |
of the GREAT and GOOD of all nations.- Naval and |
have been in preparation for the last two years by a corps of |
Military Heroes, Patriots, Statesmen, and Divines;- Rare |
the most distinguished artists to be found in either the old |
Coins and Medals;- Shells, Corals, and Fossils: |
counttry or the new, and are so NATURAL and LIFELIKE |
EGYPTIAN MUMMIES, |
as to |
and ancient Sarcophagi, 5000 Year old; and an entire |
Mock Reality, |
Family of Peruvian Mummies; |
and lead the beholder to doubt whether the figure do no actu- |
the DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, the connecting link |
ally live and breathe. Among the most prominent will be found |
between the BIRD and BEAST, being evidently half each;- |
the celebrated Tableaux of |
the curious half-sish, half-human |
CHRIST'S LAST SUPPER |
FEJEE MERMAIDS, |
with his Twelve Disciples; representing the consternation and |
which was exhibited in most of the principle cities of |
dismay of the chosen ones at the moment when he told them |
America, in the years 1840, '41, and '42, to the wonder and |
that ONE OF THEM SHOULD BETRAY HIM. |
astonishment of thousands of naturalists and other scientific |
THE PRODIGAL SON, |
persons, whose previous doubts of the existence of such an
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returned home clothed in rags, and received by his forgiving |
astonishing creation were entirely removed; |
father. The imposing spectacle of |
Elephants and Ourang-Outangs; |
THE CRUCIFIXION, |
ANIMALS and BIRDS of every nation: Shark, Seals, |
composed of more than forty figures; a correct representation |
and a variety of FISHES, including the curious |
of that event, according to the best received authorities. |
SAW AND SWORD FISH, |
Christ Disputing with the Doctors; |
all in lifelike preservation: the whole forming a School of In- |
a characteristic group of seven figures. |
struction, blended with Amusement, that for extent and |
THE GAME OF LIFE, |
interest is unequalled in the known world;- the whole to be |
in which is show the Christian and Satan contending for the |
seen for the small admission fee of |
mastery. |
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. |
THE SIAMESE TWINS, |
In Addition to which, and |
and their beautiful American wives. |
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE, |
Representation by nine figures, of the |
visitors are admitted to the gorgeous Exhibition Hall, which |
MASSACRE BY PIRATES |
has been newly decorated at an expense of nearly five thousand |
of the passengers of a merchantman in the India Seas.
After adescriptiopn by one of the survivors.
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dollars, where they can witness the magnificant |
HORRORS OF SLAVERY, |
THEATRICAL ENTERTAINMENTS, |
as exemplified by seven figures, being actual likenesses of a |
given EVERY EVENING, and WEDNESDAY and SATUR- |
slave-owner, a slave-driver, and their victims. |
DAY AFTERNOONS, by a Company of Comedians and |
MURDER OF MISS MCCREA, |
an Orchestra of Musicians, admitted to be SUPERIOR to |
by the Indians during the Revolutionary war; a thrilling group |
any ever before collected in this country, with the aid of |
showing the characteristics of the Red Men. |
Stage and Scenic Arrangements, |
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the most grand and superb ever seen in either Europe or Amer- |
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ica; thus warranting the universal admission that the Boston |
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Museum, besides being the most comfortable and genteel, is |
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also the |
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Cheapest Place of Amusement |
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IN THE WORLD! A single visit will prove the truth of this |
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assertion, as the admission is only |
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25 Cents to the Whole!!! |