This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2023
Cole Bros – Clyde Beatty Combined Side Shows. Congress of Human Oddities. Cleveland: Ertler Photo, ca. 1930s. Panoramic gelatin print photograph of the the circus sideshow cast outside the sideshow entrance and bannerline, depicting Koo-Koo the Bird Girls (Minnie Woolsey), Frances O’Connor “Armless Wonder,” Genie Weeks “Half Girl,” a tattooed man, snake charmers, “Dixie Revue” band, Count Olaf (Clifford Thompson) the Giant, and others. 10 x 36 ½”. Slight creases; tape-repaired tears at left edge verso. Overall, a sharp and clean image.