“GREAT AMERICAN MASTODON . . . NO ANIMAL LIVING APPROACHES THIS IN SIZE.” Large broadside advertising the discovery and display of the “Great American Mastodon” skeleton that turned the religious and scientific worlds on their heads.
Exhibited at Harford and New Haven, Connecticut: 1846. Unbound. This famous broadside measures 18” x 25.5” and is in exceptionally nice shape with some insignificant toning. The text reads in part “GREAT AMERICAN MASTODON!! . . . / The SKELETON of this gigantic animal was discovered in the month of..... More
