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Lot 77
[SWORD SWALLOWER]. CLIFFORD, Edith. Three cabinet card port...
Estimate: $250 - $400
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[SWORD SWALLOWER]. CLIFFORD, Edith. Three cabinet card portraits of Mlle. Clifford, Champion Sword Swallower. N.p., ca. 1900s/10s. Three photographs on printed card mounts advertising the ?champion sword swallower of the world.? Includes a photo of Clifford holding a sword, a bust portrait, and one pose in a natural landscape. Each approx. 6 ? x 4 ??. Two inscribed and signed on the verso by Clifford on verso. Clifford learned sword swallowing at age 13 from Delno Fritz, Barnum & Bailey?s sword swallower. Clifford toured Europe extensively as well as the United States, including with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey in the circus?s first combined year, 1919, where Houdini saw her perform. She was profiled in Houdini?s Miracle Mongers and Their Methods (1920).
