Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print

Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print

Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
It depicts a lion who has just killed a beautiful woman circus performer as her boyfriend looks on from outside the cage. The caption reads: Le Lion Jaloux which roughly translates to: The jealous lion. It is very large (folio size), measuring approximately 10.5 x 14.5 inches (26.5 x 36.5 cm). The picture fills most of it, with a French caption below and text surrounding it. The page is in excellent condition for its age. There is text/photos on the back of the print. See scan for an accurate view of the condition. This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution.
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print

Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO

Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO

Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO
CIRCUS SIDESHOW MIDGETS MAJOR LITTLEFINGER & WIFE C. This is a rare cabinet card of a famous Circus sideshow performer. Wonderful cabinet card of Major Littlefinger and Wife. It is signed on the back by the Major. Condition as shown- slight scuff marks on Mrs. Photo taken by Goldsmith of St. Dwarf, circus, vaudeville, sideshow. Please see pictures for details and thanks for looking. Description : Antique Cabinet Card Photo Photographer – Goldsmith Photography, 1012 Olive Street, St. Major Littlefinger & Wife, (Possibly his second Wife, because of his age in the photo) Performer for circus freak, sideshow, carnival, vaudeville Midgets (Dwarf) Image #4 enhanced Size: approx. 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches Good Condition -light smudges around some edges and some marks on the photo. Please use the scans to form your own opinion of the condition. I make every effort to carefully describe the condition of the item, please see pictures for your opinion. Background Info: In the entertainment world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, few achondroplasic dwarfs achieved the same popularity as true “midgets” (pituitary dwarfs). A rare exception was Major Littlefinger, born Robert H. Huzza in Boston in 1864. As early as age seven, Huzza was performing, and his impressive circus and museum resume would come to include Sheldenburger & Co. Circus, Great Eastern Circus, Van Armburgh & Co. Circus, John Robinson Circus, Signor Sautelle’s Circus, Huber’s Museum, Sanger’s Greater Combined European Shows and the Midget City at Coney Island’s Dreamland Circus Sideshow. Often he was dressed in a policeman’s uniform, earning him the nickname “The Little Cop”. Around 1880, Huzza met Mollie McDougal, “The Lilliputian Queen”, of Osceola, Iowa. Also an achondroplasic dwarf, Mollie had recently divorced her first husband, General Frank “Shorty” Shade. Shade remarried to a female dwarf named Sarah, twenty years younger than he, around 1890, and changed his billing from military to royalty, becoming Chief Debro and Wife, the Eskimo Midgets. The so-called Eskimos settled in Frank’s hometown of Kendalville, Indiana. Littlefinger on June 5, 1881 in a circus ring in her hometown, and several months later became pregnant with the Major’s baby. She died giving birth to their daughter, Dollie, in Kendalville on June 24, 1882. Huzza had achondroplasia like her parents. Evidently the Shades and the Littlefingers remained close, as census records from around 1900 show that she lived in Kendalville with Frank and Sarah. She died in 1901 of unknown causes. Less than a year later, while visiting Hartford, Connecticut on circus tour, Robert Huzza met Ida Hosmer. Born in 1855, Ida was the only little person in a family of thirteen children. A public wedding soon followed at Bunnell’s Museum in Brooklyn, New York, on March 7, 1883. The couple established a permanent home in Jersey City, where Robert worked as a messenger during the off-season, dressed in his policeman’s costume. In 1891 he was elected master of Brooklyn’s Zeredatha Lodge. After Ida died in 1910, the Major married yet again. His third wife, Anna K. Littlefinger, gave birth to their son Edmond “Buster” Providence Littlefinger in 1913. The Littlefingers moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920 so that Buster could attend school there. Buster was said to enjoy playing marbles and aspired to be a Singer midget after seeing the famous troupe on the Orpheum circuit. Robert Huzza died in Jacksonville, Florida in 1929 and Anna in 1942.
Circus Performer? MIDGET MAJOR LITTLEFINGER AND WIFE- AUTOGRAPHED-ST. LOUIS, MO

Rare & Early Circus CDV Long Bearded Performer Adam Kerpen Chicago Backmark

Rare & Early Circus CDV Long Bearded Performer Adam Kerpen Chicago Backmark
Rare & Early Circus CDV Long Bearded Performer Adam Kerpen Chicago Backmark

Rare & Early Circus CDV Long Bearded Performer Adam Kerpen Chicago Backmark
RARE & EARLY CIRCUS CDV – LONG BEARDED PERFORMER ADAM KERPEN – CHICAGO BACKMARK – You are considering one of the rarer long bearded sideshow performers, Mr. This is one of the rarer views of Kerpen. The image and mount are in excellent antqiue condition. The backside has the Chicago backmark on the mount. A great addition for your American Circus photo collection. CONDITION: Please view my detailed photos for the actual condition of the image and as part of my description. The CDV is in excellent antique condition. The print remains bold and has some minor foxing. The mount is in excellent antique condition with the backmark on the rear and A. KERPEN printed at the bottom of the front side of the mount. A truly rare circus CDV for your collection.
Rare & Early Circus CDV Long Bearded Performer Adam Kerpen Chicago Backmark

Rare Cabinet Card Circus Sideshow Performer Long Haired Beauty By Pentz

Rare Cabinet Card Circus Sideshow Performer Long Haired Beauty By Pentz
Rare Cabinet Card Circus Sideshow Performer Long Haired Beauty By Pentz

Rare Cabinet Card Circus Sideshow Performer Long Haired Beauty By Pentz
RARE CABINET CARD – CIRCUS SIDESHOW PERFORMER – LONG HAIRED BEAUTY BY PENTZ – You are considering an extremely rare cabinet photo by York, Pa. This earlier cabinet card captures a woman circus performer with exceptionally long hair. She even has to hold her hair outward in order for the ends not to touch the ground. A fantastic circus portrait for your collection of 19th Century photography. CONDITION: Please view my detailed photos for the actual condition of the image and as part of my description. The cabinet photo excellent contrast, tonal range and sharpness. The mount is in fine condition with a beautiful stamp on the front side. The back remains clean with no stamp. Here is a super rare and highly desirable image for your collection of circus history.
Rare Cabinet Card Circus Sideshow Performer Long Haired Beauty By Pentz

Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print

Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print

Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print
It depicts a lion who has just killed a beautiful woman circus performer as her boyfriend looks on from outside the cage. The caption reads: Le Lion Jaloux which roughly translates to: The jealous lion. It is very large (folio size), measuring approximately 10.5 x 14.5 inches (26.5 x 36.5 cm). The picture fills most of it, with a French caption below and text surrounding it. The page is in excellent condition for its age. There is text/photos on the back of the print. See scan for an accurate view of the condition. This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity. Powered by SixBit’s eCommerce Solution.
Lion Attacks Circus Performer in Cage, Large 1870s Antique Engraving Print