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1892 Eden Musee wax museum of horrors, Ontario Beach, New York (Rochester) Poli
1892 Eden Musee wax museum of horrors, Ontario Beach, New York (Rochester) Poli
1892 Eden Musee wax museum of horrors, Ontario Beach, New York (Rochester) Poli

1892 Eden Musee wax museum of horrors, Ontario Beach, New York (Rochester) Poli

$ 4.74

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  • Condition: Good, old creases and folds
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    Description

    Original late 1800s program from "Poli's Eden Musee, S. Z. Poli Proprietor, Ontario Beach, NY." Ontario beach was an early amusement park along Lake Ontario.
    The exhibit advertised, "The most elaborate and artistic Wax Groups and Tableaux ever seen in this country."  The scenes one could view included:
    SPECIAL SCENES IN WAX
    - Head of Norcross, the bomb thrower. Russell Sage's assailant in wax.
    - The Art Critic.
    CHAMBER OF HORRORS
    - The murder and safe robbery.
    - The carousal.
    - The prisoner in prison.
    - At the foot of the scaffold.
    - Judith and Holofernes.
    -The cannibals.
    - Lynch law the Frontier (Vigilantes and their victim)
    - Abraham's sacrifice.
    - Death for his country.
    - Syrian massacre.
    - Indian scalping scene.
    - Domestic scene.
    The museum was located in Charlotte, NY (Charlotte Beach).