Elsie-John with "Coney Island Big Circus Sideshow"

8x10 photo on double-weight paper. Probably not affiliated with any Coney Island sideshow, nonetheless this terrific bannerline and bally stage photo of the cast of a sideshow embodies the late-1920s carnival. The banners include "Half-andHalf" Elsie-John and "Armless Wonder" Forrest Layman "His Feet Are His Hands." Also included are a "not so fat" Fat Woman, a performer (fireeater or sword-swallower?

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