30766.
General View of the Great Wheel. Information from Fred Dahlinger: This wheel with observation platforms at axle height is the British Graydon wheel of 1895.
Format
30767.
Woman with very long hair.
30768.
Hanson, Ventriloquist.
30769.
Santa Claus.
30770.
Professor Morris’ Equine and Canine Paradoxes, circa 1883. This is the oldest dog and pony show which began touring in 1883. When Henry B. Gentry of Bloomington, Indiana hooked up with the show at the tender age of 17 in 1886, he learned the art of showmanship and animal training quickly, setting off with his own dog and pony show the following year when he inherited the show from his mentor … a show that was deeply in debt and deserted by its creator.
30770.
Professor Morris’ Equine and Canine Paradoxes, circa 1883. This is the oldest dog and pony show which began touring in 1883. When Henry B. Gentry of Bloomington, Indiana hooked up with the show at the tender age of 17 in 1886, he learned the art of showmanship and animal training quickly, setting off with his own dog and pony show the following year when he inherited the show from his mentor … a show that was deeply in debt and deserted by its creator.
30770.
Professor Morris’ Equine and Canine Paradoxes, circa 1883. This is the oldest dog and pony show which began touring in 1883. When Henry B. Gentry of Bloomington, Indiana hooked up with the show at the tender age of 17 in 1886, he learned the art of showmanship and animal training quickly, setting off with his own dog and pony show the following year when he inherited the show from his mentor … a show that was deeply in debt and deserted by its creator.
30770.
Madam Minnie Shaw and Child.
30771.
Microcephalic siblings.
30772.
E.W. Worth’s American Museum. Baby Mummy over 3000 years old.
30773.
Compliments of Zalumma Agra, The Star of the East.
30774.
Zalumma Agra, The Star of the East.
30775.
Zalumma Agra, The Star of the East.
30776.
Unidentified Circassian.
30777.
Unidentified Circassian.
30778.
Unidentified Circassian and daughter.
30779.
Aggie Zolutia, Madagascar Lady.
30780.
2025-Colossal Hand and Torch “Liberty.”
30780.
2148. Colossal Hand and Torch “Liberty.”
30781.
Ferris wheel at Blackpool.
30782.
Boy with his two-headed Merino sheep.
30783.
Zuruby Hannum, Circassian Beauty.
30784.
Madame Milo, woman with long hair.
30785.
George–Mexican Wild Man, Captured 8 1/2 yrs. ago.
30786.
Miss Leah Sherman, Lady Whittler, Wonderland, Milwaukee, Wis. Nov. 30th, 1892.
30787.
Barnum’s hairy man.
30788.
Chang-Yu-Sing, Chinese Giant.
30789.
Col. Noah Orr, The American Giant. Height 8 ft, 8 in., weight 550 lbs., age 22 years, at Barnum’s Museum.
30790.
The Original Eliophobus Family. Rudolph Lucasie, Wife and Son. From the Island of Madagascar. Prominent Peculiarities. White Silken Hair. Alabaster Complexion. Eyes Pink. Pupils Angular, nearly square.
30791.
Albino Woman with Parrot.
30792.
Chang and Eng, Siamese Twins.
30793.
Christmas 1880.
30794.
John S. Elliott, largest man in Maryland. Signed on verso. The following from his death notice: “Death of the Largest Man in Maryland. John S. Elliott died at his residence in Queen Anne’s county, Md., on Sunday, of pneumonia, aged fifty-nine years. He was the largest man ever raised in Maryland, and perhaps in the United States. A few years ago, while exhibiting, he weighed nearly five hundred pounds; of late he had fallen off, and his weight was reduced to less than four hundred pounds. In height he was five feet ten inches, and two feet across from shoulder to shoulder. He generally enjoyed good health, but the disease from which he died carried him off after a few days’ illness. He was a native of Queen Anne’s county, but was well known in the adjacent counties.”
30795.
Circassian Woman.
30796.
Juggler, pin in the air, held by a string no doubt.
30797.
Young Acrobats.
30798.
Dan Rice, celebrated circus clown.
30799.
Ball walker.
30800.
Lulu Lataska, Snake Lady, born in Russia.
30801.
Cabinet photograph depicting a normal size man pointing to a very tall man made up to look like a native of some sort. The native man has a bone ring in both his nose and ear as well as face paint. He wears an open long-sleeve robe and has a leopard like loin covering. He wears pants and fur topped boots. He is holding something out over the head of the other man, maybe a hat. Identified by David B. Doghouse as Mianko Karoo.
30802.
6428-Group of Lions, Hagenbach’s.
30803.
Detroit, Michigan, June 20, 1910. Man on stilts in crowd.
30804.
Montreal. Man on stilts leading band.
30805.
Ottawa, Ontario. June, 10, 1911. Man on stilts advertising banner on back.
30806.
Montreal. Man on stilts in crowd.
30807.
Montreal. Man on stilts among children in a field.
30808.
Che-Mah, the Chinese Dwarf.
30809.
Maximo & Bartola, Aztecs of Ancient Mexico. Máximo and Bartola (also known as Maximo Valdez Nunez and Bartola Velasquez respectively) were the stage names of two Salvadoran siblings both suffering from microcephaly and cognitive developmental disability who were exhibited in human zoos in the 19th century. Originally from near Usulután, El Salvador, the siblings were given by their mother to a merchant who promised he would take them to Grenada to be educated and exhibited. They then went through several guardians afterwards. They were eventually billed as “Aztec Children” and an elaborate story was constructed of how they were found in the temple of a lost Mesoamerican city. They toured the U.S. and Europe, appearing before various regents and dignitaries.
30810.
Unidentified Circassian Snake Lady.
44143.
1-Polar Bear, Thalassarctus Maritimus.