Joseph Lucasie

The violin-playing son who was part of THE ORIGINAL ELIOPHOBUS FAMILY. His father was Rudolph Lucasie. Photo by Charles EISENMANN….."Joseph had learned to play the violin as a youngster and appeared as a solo act as early as 1895 as 'Joe Lucasie, the Musical Albino,' but at the death of his parents Joseph was now facing a public that was cooling to the Dime Museum business and flocking to see the new Vaudeville revues.

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