Jenny Lind at Castle Garden, 1850 American showman P. T. Barnum convinced Swedish opera star Jenny Lind to tour the United States in 1850. Huge crowds greeted her arrival in New York harbor and packed her concerts, leading reporters to describe the phenomenon as “Lind mania.” In this lithograph, Nathaniel Currier captures the crowd at her first appearance at Castle Garden in New York.

Granger, NYC