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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Sat, Apr 30, 2022 12:00PM EDT
Lot 149

[SIDESHOW & ODDITIES]. Archive of Bernard Kobel sideshow, t...

Estimate: $700 - $900

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[SIDESHOW & ODDITIES]. Archive of Bernard Kobel sideshow, tattooed people, and human oddity photographs, with related ephemera. Approximately 180 pieces total, the majority vintage Kobel mail-order photos (generally 4 ? x 6 3/8?) including tattooed people, Siamese twins, people with piebald skin, Lionel the Lion-Faced Man, women with supposed ?third breasts? or very large breasts, diving horses, armless and legless people, giants, long-haired women, fat people, dwarfs, ?pinheads,? ?living skeletons,? sideshow banners, Circassian beauties, ?hermaphrodites,? and others. Tattoo photos include: T797, T1364, T69, T104, T1059, T1262, T4000, and T399. In addition, archive includes a SIGNED Frieda Pushnik ?armless wonder? Kobel photo; sideshow manager Clyde Ingalls SIGNED typed letter on R.B.B.B. letterhead (1940) to Mr. and Mrs. John Dunning; and several carnival and sideshow postcards, photographs, and snapshots. Neatly laid in a three-ring binder with clear plastic protective overlay; condition generally very good.