This was a later build up from what the wagon originally looked like when built in the 1860s, one of a pair. It had only the lower tier with the very wide oval and circular frames at each end along with a center sculptor. After it arrived on the Barnum show, a Liberty Bell replaced the center sculpture for the 1876 Centennial season. The build up seen here with a mechanical organ happened under the Barnum & London regime. Dick Flint Baltimore
This was a later build up from what the wagon originally looked like when built in the 1860s, one of a pair. It had only the lower tier with the very wide oval and circular frames at each end along with a center sculptor. After it arrived on the Barnum show, a Liberty Bell replaced the center sculpture for the 1876 Centennial season. The build up seen here with a mechanical organ happened under the Barnum & London regime.
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