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  • Transportation
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Date Event Has photo Has address
05/09/1846 Mrs. William Pelby opens an exhibition of 100 wax figures at Phillips Hall.
1848 Histrionic Club is established.
07/31/1849 Monster Quaker and Lady are exhibited at Amory Hall.
06/03/1850 Egyptian mummy is exhibited at Tremont Temple.
06/05/1855 Tightrope walker Blondin performs an exhibition in Boston.
1858 Salem Willows Park opens on Salem Harbor.
1861 Board of Alderman is petitioned by Daniel Major.
1862 Lecturer goes to great lengths to evoke a favorable response from his audience.
03/09/1863 Tom Thumb and his wife make their Boston debut.
03/01/1870 P.T. Barnum lectures on “How to be Happy” at the Tremont Temple.
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