30358.
Miss Isabella Sutherland.
Keyword
30359.
Unidentified.
30360.
Unidentified.
30361.
Madam LeRoy. Golden Hair 74 inches long.
30362.
Unidentified.
30363.
Unidentified.
30364.
Unidentified. May 1880.
30365.
Ashbury Benjamin, the Leopard Boy. Born in Cape Town, South Africa.
30366.
John, Maria, and Rose Anderson.
30367.
Unidentified.
30368.
Ashbury Benjamin, the Leopard Boy. Born in Cape Town, South Africa.
30369.
Unidentified.
30370.
Figi Cannibals. Imported by P.T. Barnum for his Great Show. Ko Ratu Masi Moa. Ki Na Bose Yaco.
30371.
Unidentified.
30372.
Mr. Fiji Jim and Fiji Annie.
30373.
Brahamin Caste Hindoo. Looks like they have signed their names at the top verso. Also written bottom verso is “People from East India Madras.”
30374.
Kankanika, Samoan Girl.
30375.
Band of Nubians, from the Soudan.
30376.
On verso is “??? South Sea Ilant.”
30377.
Todas Indians, or the lost children of Israel.
30378.
Miss Fiji Annie, age 34 years.
30379.
Mr. Fiji Jim, age 53 years.
30380.
Unidentified.
30381.
Farinis Earth Men, or Yellow Dwarfs. W.A. Healey, Manager.
30382.
Zulu Warriors, Princess & Child.
30383.
Zamora, Triple-Jointed Wonder. Major Zamora was a dime museum performer in the late 1890s. Born in St. Johns, Zamora was a physical dwarf who specialized in feats of contortionism and enterology (squeezing into impossibly small spaces, or getting inside a sealed container without disturbing it) and, as an offshoot of this, was a feature escape artist before the advent of Houdini. He was billed, alternately, as “The Triple-jointed Dwarf” and “The Triple-jointed Wonder.” His ad hype claimed he was ‘triple-jointed’ in all the connections of his body. Zamora performed in circus acrobat tights, and sported the large handlebar moustache so common in men’s grooming of the 1890s. Zamora stood 32 inches in height and weighed 54 pounds. Zamora’s features were squeezing himself in and out of an oversized, but still quite small, bottle, and escaping after being tied, chained, handcuffed and locked inside a small, upright box. Zamora is referred to in Panorama of Magic by Milbourne Christopher, and in Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women by Ricky Jay. Zamora married Tina Goughman, who was billed as the “smallest living woman” and was 4 inches taller than the Major.
30384.
Bell Carter, Lady with Mane.
30385.
The World’s Wonder, Prof. Otto Tepfer, The Man with Two Mouths. J.J. O’Neil, Business Manager.
30386.
The World’s Wonder, Prof. Otto Tepfer, The Man with Two Mouths. J.J. O’Neil, Business Manager.
30387.
Joe, the Educated Orangutan.
30388.
Unidentified Fire Eater.
30389.
Billy Wells, Champion Iron Skull Man, at Cohl & Middelton’s, South Side Museum, Clark St. Chicago, Ill., Sept. 1892.
30390.
E.H. Crossman, Yankee Whittler, with Maria.
30391.
E.H. Crossman, Yankee Whittler, with Maria.
30392.
Gaddah, the “American Elephant Man.” Written on verso “Joseph Brokaw, Born in Arabia, 25 years old.”
30393.
Written on verso “A cow I saw 25 years ago in New York.”
30394.
Fanny Mills, the Ohio Big Foot Girl (1860-1899). Fanny suffered from Milroy’s Disease.
30395.
I think this is a young Eugene Berry.
30396.
Eugene Berry. I believe his signature is on verso.
30397.
Eugene Berry. I believe his signature is on verso.
30398.
170. A Visit to Jo-Jo, the Freak.
30399.
Alice Bounds and Mother. These individuals were afflicted with acromesomelic dysplasia, an extremely rare, inherited, progressive skeletal disorder that results in a particular form of short stature known as short-limb dwarfism. The disorder is characterized by acromelia and mesomelia. Mesomelia describes the shortening of the bones of the forearms and lower legs relative to the upper parts of those limbs. Acromelia is the shortening of the bones of the hands and feet. Thus, the short stature of affected individuals is the result of unusually short forearms and abnormal shortening of bones of the lower legs. The very short hands, fingers, feet, and toes are characteristic. These findings are apparent during the first years of life.
30400.
Two of the Shields Brothers with unidentified gentleman.
30401.
Unidentified man with his small horse.
30402.
With Compliments from Eddie McDonald, the “Flexible Statue.”
30403.
Unidentified contortionist.
30404.
Unidentified contortionist.
30405.
Written on verso “L.L. Slingen?, Harrisburg, Pa. 1883. She is a foot writer without any obvious disability. Sign reads “Photographs for Sale.”
30406.
L.L. Slingen?, foot writer without any obvious disability.
30407.
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.