Korean Twins With Their Manager
Beautiful Ridenour/Edena Studio (508 Arch St, Phila.) cabinet card portrait of Liu Soon and Liu Tang San, the Chinese conjoined twins with their older handler or manager who displays the flesh band that joined them. A pasted label on the front: "Barnum and Bailey, 1903." On verso: William Purtill label and rubber stamp with pencil notations.
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