Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
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Lot 130
Two Cabinet Cards of Mlle. Victoria, ?Queen of the Lofty Wi...
Estimate: $200 - $400
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Two Cabinet Cards of Mlle. Victoria, ?Queen of the Lofty Wire.? New York: Bogardus, ca. 1890. The first a full-length photograph of the high wire act posed with her velocipede, the second a formal bust portrait. Photographer?s mounts, approx. 4 ? x 6 ??. Edges of bust portrait mount trimmed. A performer from the age of five or six, Victoria crossed the river Seine on a wire and worked for a variety of continental and American circuses.
