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Miss Annie Jones, Age 23, signed on verso.
Jacob Doorn, man with two artificial arms. The CDV is mounted on a sheet of paper along with a handwritten statement by Doorn which reads “Written by the undersigned with the help of his artificial arms produced by the firm A & B Schmeink at Amsterdam” and signed “Jacob Doorn from Nuizen near Naarden,” and dated “Amsterdam 5 October 1883.”
Prominent Portraits. No. 3918. Zuruby Hannum (Pearl of the Sea) the Circassian Girl, at Barnum’s Museum.
Prominent Portraits-The Stage. No. 2128. Zuruby Hannum, the Circassian Girl, at Barnum’s Museum.
Prominent Portraits. No. 3922. Zuruby Hannum (Pearl of the Sea) and Zuluma Agra, (Star of the East) the Circassian Girls, at Barnum’s Museum.
These are the twin sons of Mrs. Henry Jones, born in Prairie Township, Tipton County, Indiana, on June 24, 1889. Mrs. Jones was only 19 years old and already had a two-year-old daughter. Various notes on back of card including “Taken while on exhibition at Wonderland. Buffalo, NY.”
Ventriloquist with 3 seated dummies. Faintly written on verso: “To our kind friends Pop & Maury Quinnett from Jules the ??? Prairie du Chien, Wis. c/o Harold House.
Hannah Battersby, married to the thin man John Battersby. She was born Hannah Jane Duke. Age 20, weight 583 lbs.
Master John H. Powers, 19 years old. Weighs (553 pounds, crossed out, 601 and 633 written in), 6 feet 5 inches high. Born in Franklin County, Kentucky. Is the largest boy of his age in America. 1877.
Prominent Portraits. No. 5540. Mammoth Fat Boy, (Barnum’s Museum), age 16 years, weights 526 pounds, measures across the shoulders three feet two inches, round the waist six feet three inches.
To Mr. Cole Middletons, Mr. Cole, Mlle. Josephine, Age 13 yrs, wt. 386 lbs, 5 ft. 4 in. tall, Chicago, from your Dear little midget.
Henri Maurice Cannon at the “Chutes.” The Greatest Gun on Earth! Born 1850. Height 5 ft. 10 1/2 inches, weight 613 pounds. Curcumference of waist 96 in., chest 72 in., thigh 54 in., calf 38 in.
Sir Marcus Goodwillie, 32 yrs old & weighs 907 lbs., 6 feet 5 inches high. The Hendricks Co. Indiana Wonder, Price 15 cts.
