The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

[HUMAN ODDITIES]. Group of Human Oddity Performer Photographs. Nine items, ca. late 1800s - early 1900s. Includes Three CDV portraits of Arthur James Caley (1824 – 1889), known as ”Colonel Routh Goshen, the Arabian giant,” who was actually born on the Isle of Man; — Three CDV portraits of Eli Bowen (1844 – 1924) with his wife and child. Billed as “The Legless Wonder,” he performed with the Barnum & Bailey in England; — small tintype of a print depicting Vantile Mack, “the infant Lambert”, who appeared at Barnum’s American Museum; — and two CDVs of an unnamed bearded girl, and an armless man. Studios include E. & H. T. Anthony (New York), Chas. Eisenmann (New York), R. A. Lord (New York), and A. Newman (Philadelphia). Conditions vary, commensurate with age. Most good.