Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
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Five Sideshow Souvenir Postcards. V.p., ca. 1910s–1930s. Group of five souvenir card photos of sideshow and circus performers including: VOGEL, Charlotte (1908–1976). Susi, The Elephant Skin Girl. Showing Vogel, “a most remarkable Living Wonder" who lived with ichthyosis, causing her skin to become thick, rough, and scaly. She often exhibited at Coney Island in the 1930s. — Elly del Sarto, Sideshow Trick Shooter. Depicts the trick shooter arching backward with a gun in her hand. Postally used in Germany. — Souvenir de Nora. Depicts a woman with an apparent skin condition like that of Irma Loustau, with multiple hairy birthmarks covering her body. — Madame Clémentine Delait, Bearded Lady. Depicts bearded lady Madame Delait making lace. Divided back, not used postally. With Delait's stamp. — Max Siegfried, Escape Artist. Depicts a man wrapped in chains with a padlock. Postally used in Germany. — Each 5 ½ x 3 ½". Some edge wear and minor losses to images. Good.
Five Sideshow Souvenir Postcards. V.p., ca. 1910s–1930s. Gr...
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