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Face of the outer coffin of Padihershef.
The face of the inner coffin of the mummy Padihershef. Modern photograph taken in the Ether Dome at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Face of the mummy Padihershef.
The face of Padihershef as revealed by an autopsy by John Collins Warren and others.
Exhibition of "mummy wheat"
"Mummy wheat" or "Egyptian wheat"
Exhibition catalogue for Abbott's collection.
Catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities, incluing mummies and mummy parts, collected and exhibited by Henry Abbott.
Exhibition brochure for the "Blockhead mummy."
Outer coffin of one of a pair of mummies brought by Henry Barclay and purchased by Rubens Peale.
Exhibition brochure for the "Blockhead mummy."
Variant exhibition brochure for the Blockhead mummy. One of a pai of mummies brought by Henry Barclay and purchased by Rubens Peale.
Engraved view of Padihershef's outer coffin
Intaglio print of the lid of the outer coffin of Padihershef.
Egyptian mummies.
Mummies at the British Museum.
Egyptian antiquities.
Unidentified Egyptian antiquities exhibited at the fair.
Edgar Allen Poe.
Dagguereotype of Poe.
Documented travels of Capt. Lee's mummy.
Map of the documented exhibitions of Capt. Lee's mummy.
Djedkhonsuiuesankh (Mummy)
Woodblock of Djedkhonsuiuesankh (Mummy)
Description of the two mummies formerly owned by Junius Brutus Booth on display at the National Institute (Now the Smithsonian)
Description of the two mummies in the museum.
Description of the Peregrine mummies on dislay at the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts.
Very brief description of the two mummies from the Peregrine, on display at the Boston Museum.
Description of the mummy skull which once belonged to Ward Nicholas Boylston.
Notes on the remains of Boylston's mummy.
Description of one of the mummies from the Chandler collection.
Description of one of the Chandler mummies.
Dam at Stanwood and Towar Mill in Gardiner, Maine.
Originally the Cobbossee Mill, then Stanwood & Tower, then Hollingsworth & Whitney. Mummy paper was made at this mill, and it is the only mummy paper mill still standing in Gardiner, Maine.
Cutting the paper to size.
Cutting the paper from the big rolls was another job that women could do in the papermills.
Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Maine.
S.D. Warren imported mummy rags as a source for fiber in his Cumberland Mills.
Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Maine.
Mummy rags were stored here and shipped to S.D. Warren Company's other mills in Maine.
Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, Maine.
View of the falls and mill buildings on the Presumpscott River.
Cover of "Poe's tales."
Brilliantly colored cover of one of Poe's books.
Cover and trough of Padisherf's outer coffin.
Padihershef's outer coffin as it would have been displayed.
Congress Springs.
View of the Spring House.
Colored illustration of an unidentified mummy.
Unidentified mummy, in colored coffin.
Coffin of one of the two "Peregrine mummies."
Inner coffin of an unidentified female mummy, which arrived on the brig Peregrine in 1824.
Coffin of one of the two "Peregrine mummies."
Outer coffin of an unidentified male mummy which arrived aboard the brig Peregrine in Boston in 1824.
Chelsea paper mills, Greeneville (Norwich), Conn.
One of the largest paper manufactories in the world, used mummy wrappings to make paper.
Catalogue of the Boston Museum.
Cover of the catalogue for the Boston Museum
Catalogue of an exhibition organized to raise money for the U.S. Sanitary Commission.
Curiosities and wonders exhibited at the Metropolitan Fair.
Castle Garden.
View of Castle Garden, where the autopsy of Lee's mummy was carried out.
Captain Larkin Turner's mummy.
Woodcut of the mummy brought into America by Captain Larkin Turner.
Burning the mummy.
The dramatic event which unleashes the mummy's curse.
Broadside advertisement for the three mummies on display at Greenwood's Museum.
Advertisement for display of the two mummies from the Peregrine and Larkin Turner's mummy.
Boylston's mummy at the American Antiquarian Society.
Manuscript account of Boylston's gift of mummy relics, August 1820.
Boylston's mummy at the American Antiquarian Society.
Manuscript account of Boylston's gift of mummy relics to the AAS in November 1819.
Bird's eye view of New Orleans.
Lithographed bird's eye view of the city of New Orleans.
Beating rags to a pulp (literally)
Rags were washed again and beaten to break down the pieces into a pulp.
Barnum's description of one of his mummies.
Barnum hyping up his mummy.
Barnum's American Museum,
View of Broadway showing Barnum's American Museum.
Barnum museum fire.
Lithograph of the fire that destroyed Barnum's American Museum.
Article from the newspapers about the arrival of Boylston's mummy.
Newspaper account of the arrival of Boylston's mummy in Boston.
Article about Egyptian mummies.
Reworked picture of mummy and coffins--altered to fit landscape mode.
An unidentified mummy on exhibition at the Metropolitan Fair.
An unidentified mummy which was exhibited at the Metropolitan Fair.
Allamistakeo.
Woodcut of the mummy Allamistakeo awakening.
Advertisment for circus attractions, including mummies.
List of exhibits, including mummies.
Advertising woodcut for Padihershef.
Advertisement for the exhibition of Padihershes in Philadelphia.
Advertisement for the mummies at the Boston Museum, which had come in on the brig Peregrine.
Snippet of advertising for the mummies at the Boston Museum.
Advertisement for the exhibtion of Capt. Lee's mummy
Adverisement for the exhibition of the mummy in Newark, N.J.
Advertisement for Reubens Peale's New York Museum.
Advertisement for Peale's New York Museum, listing the attractions.
Advertisement for exhibition of a mummy at Scudder's museum.
Scudder's American Museum.
Admission tokens for Peale's New York museum
Admission tokens for Peale's Museum, New York.
"Everyday Egyptian Coffin"
An image of an "everyday" coffin which is similar to the one shown in the Barnum advertisement.