Portraits of circus performers

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Portrait subjects include Capt. Jack Bassett, Major and Mrs. Ray (ca. 1891), Miss Millie La Mar, Lalloo, and Prince Nicholi ("The Little Russian Prince"). Photographers include Wendt of Boonton, N.J.; Obermuller and Kern of New York; and Eisenmann, also of New York. Previously identified as photographs of "circus freaks."

GLC#
GLC02912.02.02
Type
Header Record
Date
1870s
Title
Portraits of circus performers
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
6 photos Height: 16.6 cm, Width: 10.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction
Circus
Health and Medical

Showing 6 of 6 records

Collection Item
Photograph

Miss Millie La Mar, Mind Reader.

1870s

Obermuller and Kern

Cabinet card portrait of Millie La Mar, mind reader. Published by Obermuller and Kern of New York.

GLC02912.02.02.01
Collection Item
Photograph

[Cabinet card portrait of three unnamed circus performers]

1870s

Eisenmann, fl. 1870

Imprint by Eisenmann on the mount and verso.

GLC02912.02.02.02
Collection Item
Photograph

[Major and Mrs. Ray]

1870s

Wendt, fl. 1870

Cabinet card portrait of Major and Mrs. Ray, one king and queen of [illegible] World. Major is 37 years old, stands 36 inches, and weights 38 pounds. Mrs. Ray is 26, stands 38 inches, and weighs 39 pounds. They were married in Yates Center, Kansas...

GLC02912.02.02.03
Collection Item
Photograph

[Capt. Jack Bassett]

1870s

Wendt, fl. 1870

Circus performer Captain Jack Bassett poses next to a chair.

GLC02912.02.02.04
Collection Item
Photograph

Lalloo

1870s

Obermuller and Kern

Cabinet card portrait of a circus performed named Lalloo.

GLC02912.02.02.05
Collection Item
Photograph

The Little Russian Prince

1870s

Wendt, fl. 1870

Cabinet card portrait of Prince Nicholi, "The Little Russian Prince." Caption on mount claims he was the smallest man in the world, weighing 16 pounds and standing 22.5 inches tall. He is 32 years old in this portrait. A native of Russia, he speaks...

GLC02912.02.02.06