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Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Wed, Oct 23, 2019 02:30AM EDT
Lot 572

Twelve Photographs of Singer?s Midgets.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Twelve Photographs of Singer?s Midgets. V.p., ca. 1920s. Glossy silver and sepia prints of the vaudeville troupe on and off-stage, in large and small group poses, with elephants, various stage settings, and other images. 8 x 10?. Ink notations and credit stamps to versos of some prints. Creases and small tears to some edges. With three clipped newspaper advertisements, two for Singer?s Midgets, the other for Rose?s Royal Midgets. Some members of Singer?s Midgets were cast in The Wizard of Oz, and the group?s manager, Leopold von Singer, was responsible for casting the Munchkins in the film.