ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ARE A GOOD INVESTMENT. THEY PROVIDE GREAT PLEASURE WHILE GROWING IN VALUE! WE WELCOME YOU TO CLASSICLITERATI AUCTIONS! PRESENTING A GENUINE & VERY RARE HISTORICAL ANTIQUE Circa 1880’s-1890’s CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH OF SELDOM SEEN DEFORMED CIRCUS FREAK & SIDESHOW PERFORMER JOSEPH MANN! THE ULTIMATE DEFORMED GENTLEMAN! BILLED AS “THE HUMAN-FROG” IN SIDESHOWS! JOSEPH MANN, THE HUMAN FROG! ELEGANTLY DRESSED & VERY STRANGE! COMPLETELY TWISTED MINIATURE LEGS! FAR MORE DISFIGURED & CURIOUS THAN THE BETTER KNOWN ELI BOWEN! HIS ADDRESS IS ON THE PHOTO! THIS IS A FIRST! OUT OF THE THOUSANDS OF SIDESHOW HUMAN ODDITY PHOTOS & PITCH-CARDS THAT WE’VE SEEN, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WHERE THE HOME ADDRESS OF THE “ATTRACTION” IS PUBLICIZED ANYWHERE, NO LESS THAN ON THE FRONT OF HIS PHOTO! …. A VERY, VERY RARE FEATURE! ONE OF THE RAREST HISTORIC FREAK PHOTOS! A GREAT COLLECTING OPPORTUNITY! Visit Our Classicliterati Auctions Each Week For.. Fascinating, Historic & Unique Collectible Treasures! Regarded by Collectors Worldwide as the Leading Specialist in Masonic, Knights Templar, Odd Fellows, Fraternal and other Secret Society Antiques & Collectibles! We also Feature Many Other Fascinating Collectibles from Throughout the World! KEEP CHECKING OUR CLASSICLITERATI AUCTIONS! We Treat You Like Royalty!! Presenting one of the Rarest and Strangest Historic Antique circa 1880’s-1890’s Cabinet Card photographs. A seldom seen Physical Oddity, Joseph Mann was known in Circus Sideshows as The Human Frog. The moniker is due to his completely twisted and miniature sizes legs. Mann was far more grotesque looking than the better known Eli Bowen. Most unusual is that his home address appears on the border. Out of thousands of Sideshow photos and pitch-cards, we have NEVER seen a performer’s home address publicized. This is a great find! Photo is in very good vintage condition with common minor edge wear on the border corners. Approximately 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. A GENUINE & VERY RARE HISTORICAL ANTIQUE Circa 1880’s-1890’s CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPH OF SELDOM SEEN DEFORMED CIRCUS FREAK & SIDESHOW PERFORMER JOSEPH MANN! No photographer logo here. Legless, Armless, Deformed, Human Torsos and performers with anatomical deformities were a significant part of the history of Circus and Sideshows. As important as the celebrated freaks like Jo-Jo the famous Russian Dog Faced Man, Lionel the Lion Faced Boy, Midget General Tom Thumb & Lavinia Warren, Siamese Twins Chang and Eng, P. Barnum’s “What-Is-It” Zip the Pinhead, Bearded Lady Annie Jones and many others. We regularly feature extremely attractive and also very rare, top quality antiques including among the finest in Fraternal and Masonic Swords and Historic Relics as well as many other fascinating items. Among our clients are Museums and Archives as well as many collectors the world over. Please keep checking our Classicliterati auctions. We try to describe items to the best of our ability. CHECK OUR AUCTIONS EACH WEEK FOR A WIDE SELECTION OF THE FINEST MASONIC & FRATERNAL SOCIETY SWORDS, ANTIQUES & OTHER FASCINATING QUALITY COLLECTIBLES! RARE HISTORIC CIRCUS SIDESHOW PHOTOGRAPH! No part or parts of this ad may be reproduced without permission. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs”. The seller is “classicliterati” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Featured Person/Artist: Frog Boy
- Format: Cabinet Card
- Type: Photograph
- Number of Photographs: one
- Subject: DEFORMITY, MEDICAL CIRCUS ANOMALY FREAKS SIDESHOW, Performers, Carnival, Human Oddities, Anomalies, Joseph Mann, the Human Frog Boy
- Region of Origin: US
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 7\
- Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
- Time Period Manufactured: Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Date of Creation: 1880’s-1890’s
- Photo Type: Cabinet Photo
- Original/Reprint: Original Print
