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Duster is correct, Barnum was "credited" as having said the now famous words.

The most creditable sources say:

David Hannum Is actually the one that made the statement, after he and 4 other business men bought 2/3`s interest in the " Cardiff Giant " Statue from Mr. George Hull for $30.000.
Barnum went on to have another one made, and claimed that the one Mr. George Hull sold to Hannum and his associate's was a fake.
In reality both of them were fakes, but as the saying goes......

( http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html )

73
Jeff

[QUOTE="AudioShockwav, post: 314574, member: 6"] Duster is correct, Barnum was "credited" as having said the now famous words. The most creditable sources say: David Hannum Is actually the one that made the statement, after he and 4 other business men bought 2/3`s interest in the " [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Giant"]Cardiff Giant[/URL] " Statue from Mr. George Hull for $30.000. Barnum went on to have another one made, and claimed that the one Mr. George Hull sold to Hannum and his associate's was a fake. In reality both of them were fakes, but as the saying goes...... ( [URL="http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html"]http://www.historybuff.com/library/refbarnum.html[/URL] ) 73 Jeff [/QUOTE]

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