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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Thu, Jul 11, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 306

[CIRCUS & SIDESHOW]. Group of 8 CDVs and cabinet photos. V....

Estimate: $250 - $350

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[CIRCUS & SIDESHOW]. Group of 8 CDVs and cabinet photos. V.p., ca. 1870s-80s. Includes portraits of: Miss Lillian F. Smith (sharpshooter and rival of Annie Oakley); Maximo and Bartola, ?The Aztec Children?; Col. Ruth Goshen (giant); and others (conjoined twins, little people, giant, and child acrobats). One CDV with a manuscript annotation ?photographed by A.D. [?]/Salem.? Printed imprints include: Hermes (Brussels); Bogardus (New York); Mitkiewicz (Brussels); and Gross (Gorlitz).