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    Dime museums were institutions that were popular at the end of the 19th century in the United States. Designed as centers for entertainment and moral education...
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    spread of the shows that were commonly seen at amusement parks, circuses, dime museums and vaudeville. The amusement park industry flourished in the United...
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  • Look up Dime or dime in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dime or Dimes may refer to: Dime (United States coin) Dime (Canadian coin) Dark Internet Mail...
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    the Boylston Museum (also called the New Boylston Museum) in 1875 at 667 Washington Street. It operated as both a theatre and a dime museum. Its founder...
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    Barnum's American Museum was a dime museum located at the corner of Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan...
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  • The American Dime Museum (ADM) was co-founded in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by artist and antique dealer Richard Horne and James Taylor, writer...
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  • Austin and Stone's Dime Museum (ca.1880s-1900s) of Boston, Massachusetts, was an entertainment emporium in Scollay Square (no.4 Tremont Row), established...
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    December 26, 1873. "The New American Museum". The Sun. New York. January 17, 1877. "Eugene Robinson's Dime Museum". The Memphis Appeal. Memphis, Tennessee...
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  • 1945) was an American bearded lady who worked in circus sideshows, dime museums and carnivals, who used various stage names including Princess Olga,...
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    He started his professional career making posters and performing for dime museums, and in 1898 began illustrating newspapers and magazines. In 1903 he...
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