(CIRCUS) Select group of 11 cartes de visite of circus perfo

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Select group of 11 cartes-de-visite of circus performers including giant Lars Tolfeson, the Bennerman albino twins, "The Wild Australian Children," Siamese Twins Cheng and Eng Bunker with their sons, a Circassian beauty, a spotted man, 2 images of fat lady Rosina D. Richardson, a bearded lady, a mammoth fat boy and Waino and Plutano "The Wild Men of Borneo," 8 with photographer credits, captions, or notations on mount recto or verso. Circa 1862-1868

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with-- Group of 5 additional cartes-de-visite, comprising 3 employees of the Thayer & Noyes Circus (Dr. W. P. Valentine, James M. Hackett, J.C. Rivers), a beauty and a cartoon. 1862-1868.