Russell's Knife Throwing Act

8x10 Photo. Beautifully and subtley handcolored portrait of Osa or Estelle-- a dupliacte of the non-colored version (catalogue 3805). By "E.C. VIES STUDIO, 222 FEDERAL ST., N.S. PITTSBURGH PA"..............(from https://www.juggle.org/the-three-famous-russells/)-- The Three Russells did juggling, knife throwing, dog training, and comedy. The trio consisted of sisters Osa and Henrietta (Babe) Vonderhide and Reuben Rothgery. Reuben (1877-1961) had married Osa (1902-1991) and Henrietta’s (1904-1994) older sister Estelle (1892-1987) in 1911.

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