(CIRCUS) Group of 12 before and after photographs relating t

Sale 1938 - Lot 228

Price Realized: $ 862

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

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Group of 12 before-and-after photographs relating to the career of the "merry monopede" trapeze performer Louie DuCrow. Albumen and silver prints, most are cabinet card size (5 1/2x4 inches) and affixed to the original mounts, 6 with a business card, signature, or caption on mount verso. 1880s-90s

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High-flying Louie DuCrow was a performer with a difference: he had his leg amputated at the age of 23, in 1897, but continued to work in the big top, either with his sister or a male partner named Manning, who was similarly physically challenged.<