The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

[ACROBATS]. [JUGGLERS]. Four Cabinet Card Photographs of Acrobats and Jugglers. Includes: P. K. Okabe, Royal Japanese Troupe. New York: Feinberg, [ca. 1890s]. Cabinet card bearing five overlapping depictions from the act of this Asian group known for their young performers featuring depictions of juggling, tumbling, balancing, and contortion. Scalloped studio mount. Light wear, chip to upper left corner; —Cabinet card portrait photograph of William, Ettie, and Edgar Albion, in their performance costumes. Buffalo: H. O. Sickley, [ca. 1890s]. The Albions travelled with Wallace & Co.’s International Circus and Menagerie in the late 1880s. Light wear to edges of mount; —Cabinet card of two male acrobats in matching costumes and poses, performing on the rings and trapeze. Troy, New York: Schoonmaker & Co., [ca. 1890s]. Holographic note to verso states “Guy Bros. Minstrels.” Possibly Vannerson and McDonald, who performed with the Guy Brothers Minstrels in the 1890s. Minor chipping, soiling, pinholes; — Cabinet card photograph of a young performer in his costume, standing next to a small table with his decorated apparatus, two Indian clubs resting on top and two more leaning against it on the floor. Minor edge wear. Studio mounts. Largest 7 ¼ x 5 ¼”.