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Struggles and triumphs : or, Forty years' recollections of P.T. Barnum
/ written by himself.

Recollection of how Maximo and Bartola were part of a menagerie presented to Prince Albert when he visited New York.

Comparative physiognomy; or, Resemblances between men and
animals. By James W. Redfield... Illustrated by 330 engravingsJ

Physiognomy study comparing Maximo and Bartola to mice

Catalogue or guide book of Barnum's American Museum, New York
: Containing descriptions and illustrations of the various wonders
and curiosities of the immense establishment, which have been
collected during the last half century from every quarter of the
globe.

Illustrated volume of Barnum Museum features

Memoir of an eventful expedition in Central America resulting in
the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya...and the possession
of two remarkable Aztec children...described by John L. Stevens,
and other travellers. Translated from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez.

Fictional narrative recounting the origins of the Aztec Children in El Salvador

Memoir of an eventful expedition in Central America : resulting
in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored
region; and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, descendants
and specimens of the sacerdotal caste, (now nearly extinct,) of
the ancient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country,
described by John L. Stevens, esq., and other travellers / translated
from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez, of San Salvador.

Fictional travel narrative about Maximo and Bartola's origins in Iximaya.

Barnum's Gallery of Wonders, no. 25

Color advertising print of a fashionably dressed couple being waited on by two small Indians.

"Living Curiosities at Barnum's Museum"

Image of Maximo and Bartola alongside other curiosities, William Johnson/What is it, Albino child and their Black mothers" as part of Barnum's…