Oddities, Circus, Fairs, Clowns, Ventriloquists, Puppets, Automatons-Stereoviews

30131.

2217. Commodore Nutt. 3-cent tax stamp on verso.

30132.

2218. The Fairy Bridesmaid.

30133.

2215. The Fairy Wedding Party.

30134.

The Marriage of Gen’l Tom Thumb. (From Photographic Negative by Brady.)

30135.

The Marriage of Gen’l Tom Thumb. (From Photographic Negative by Brady.)

30136.

An older Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren.

30137.

Prominent Portraits. No. 4751. Major Charles Colvin, height 23 in., weight only 12 lbs. He is being held by the giantess Anna Swan.

30138.

Prominent Portraits. No. 4617. Major Charles Colvin, height 23 in., weight only 12 lbs. According to Kunhardt, P.T. Barnum, America’s Greatest Showman, page 173, the man at left is John Drummond and on right is “Professor Cromwell.” Barnum often added the titled ‘Professor’ to the names of his employees.

30139.

446. The Giant and Dwarf.

30140.

Henry Baker, 22 years old, 3 feet, 4 in. high. George Henderson, 6 feet, 4 in. Phoenix, N.Y.

30141.

6. A famous Japanese dwarf, Yokohama.

30142.

90. The Living Phenomenon, Gueritaro.

30254.

Chang and Eng.

30255.

Chang and Eng.

30256.

Prominent Portraits. No. 3918. Zuruby Hannum (Pearl of the Sea) the Circassian Girl, at Barnum’s Museum.

30257.

Prominent Portraits-The Stage. No. 2128. Zuruby Hannum, the Circassian Girl, at Barnum’s Museum.

30258.

Prominent Portraits. No. 3922. Zuruby Hannum (Pearl of the Sea) and Zuluma Agra, (Star of the East) the Circassian Girls, at Barnum’s Museum.

30275.

Willie R. Fisher, the Fat Boy of Harrisville, N.H. The Wonder of Cheshire County.

30276.

Willie R. Fisher, the Fat Boy of Harrisville, N.H. The Wonder of Cheshire County.

30277.

Prominent Portraits. No. 2843. Mrs. Hannah Battersby. Weight 700 lbs.

30278.

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.

30308.

615-Chang Woo Gow, the Chinese Giant, 8 feet 3 inches high.

30309.

Paris Exposition, 1900. Old Paris. The Giant.

30310.

The long and short of India at the Durbar-Cashmere Giant (7 ft. 9 in.) and Patiala midget (28 in.), Delhi. Photographer Ricalton stands in the view.

30398.

170. A Visit to Jo-Jo, the Freak.

30422.

The Solid Muldoon–The Missing Link, 1877. George Hill, perpetrator of the Cardiff Giant, created a new giant measuring 7 feet, 5 inches, weighing 600 lbs., and possessing a four inch tail. This was done with the assistance of a Mr. Fitch, who had patented “Portland Cement.” To fool scientists, they embedded bones from a human skeleton in the concrete, then added a cow’s shinbone to the neck for reinforcement. Hull approached Barnum and the Solid Muldoon was shipped to Barnum’s New York Museum of Anatomy. Fitch confessed the hoax just as “scientists” were ready to cross-section the stomach. At a previous interview before the hoax was discovered, Barnum commented: “It is my candid opinion that in this discovery we have found the missing link which Darwin claims connects mankind with beast creation.” This reference is from Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles by Mark Sloan, 1990, page 8.

30423.

The Cardiff Giant. Discovered at Cardiff, Oct. 16, 1869. Length of body 10 ft. 4 1/2 inches. Weight 2990. Written on verso is “Proved to be a facke [sic]. I saw it.”

30426.

P.T. Barnum’s Great Caravan! Entering Watkins, August 4th, 1871. This is the “earliest existing view of a Barnum circus.” See P.T. Barnum by Kunhardt, page 223.

30427.

Circus, Webster, MA Main Street.

30428.

Circus Side Shows. Beauties of Lake Winnipesaukee and its Shores.

30429.

Unidentified Fair. Banners for Side Show Freaks.

30430.

Circus Parade, Rochester, NY. 1890.

30431.

Circus Elephants.

30432.

French Carousel.

30433.

Primitive Ferris Wheel. Sign says “5 Cents a Ride Children Under 6 ?? 5.”

30434.

1351. The Ferris Wheel.

30435.

1350. The Ferris Wheel at Night.

30436.

313. Looking through the Ferris Wheel, near the top.

30437.

309. Midway Plaisance from Ill. Central Viaduct.

30438.

Traveling Troupe at Annual Fair held at Pappenheim Germany.

30439.

Annual Fair at Pappenheim Germany.

30440.

Slack-wire Performers at the Annual Fair at Pappenheim Germany.

30441.

Annual Fair at Pappenheim Germany.

30442.

Dijon, April 1898.

30443.

Ferris Wheel and Carousel.

30444.

Unidentified acrobat.

30445.

Unidentified acrobat.

30446.

Unidentified acrobats.

30447.

Unidentified acrobats.

30448.

Japan. O Shishi, Street Tumblers.