Name/Title
BroadsideEntry/Object ID
2019.231Scope and Content
satirical broadside, 10.5" x 29.5", advertising the "celebration of the 61st Anniversary of the Battle of Stonington" 1875, by the "Kurious and Comis Krew of Antiques and Horribles." This flyer represents a tradition of "parades of horribles" popular in rural New England at this time. Attractions include: the Pequot Nerve Destroyers, Chief Trump, Old Fatty and her Twin Sister, Mothers of the Revolution (146 years old!), etc...