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19th-CENTURY PHOTO FORMATS

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Circassian Sword Swallower

Added Jul 6 2025

Mascot “The Talking Horse”

Added Jun 16 2025

Tours of The Sea Show Building

Added May 18 2025

Madame Hallean “Bearded Woman”

Added Jan 5 2025

Coney Island Sideshow, Surf Avenue, ca. 1915

Added Jan 1 2025

Mrs. Myers & Husband

Added Jan 1 2025

Delno Fritz

Added Dec 29 2024

Delno Fritz

Added Dec 29 2024

Seven Sutherland Sisters

Added Dec 27 2024

Unidentified Young Woman, Truncated Arms

Added Dec 27 2024

Androgynous Woman Without Arms

Added Dec 27 2024

Androgynous Woman Without Arms

Added Dec 27 2024

Unidentified Young Man with Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Added Dec 27 2024

John Williams, “Lizard-Boy”

Added Nov 16 2024

John Williams “Alligator Man”

Added Nov 16 2024

Circassian Woman Covering Her Face With A Fan

Added Nov 2 2024

Mrs. Myers “Bearded Woman”

Added Oct 27 2024

Maximo & Bartola

Added Oct 27 2024

Issac Sprague with Wife and Child, 1873

Added Oct 27 2024

Unidentified Lady Strongman

Added Oct 26 2024

Amok

Added Oct 20 2024

Joe DeCramer

Added Oct 13 2024

James Morris “Elastic-Skinned Man”

Added Oct 13 2024

George Auger

Added Oct 13 2024

George Auger with Midgets, Barnum Bailey

Added Oct 13 2024

Shadrack Shields & Wife Annie

Added Oct 13 2024

Capt. Ureck with wife Lulu

Added Oct 13 2024

Capt. Ureck & his wife Lulu Lataska

Added Oct 13 2024

James Morris “Elastic-Skinned Man”

Added Oct 12 2024

James Morris “Rubber-Skinned Man”

Added Oct 12 2024

James Morris “Maurice”, Rubber Skinned

Added Oct 12 2024

Capt. Ureck & his wife, Lulu Lataska

Added Oct 12 2024

Capt. Ureck and Wife

Added Oct 12 2024

Anna Swan

Added Oct 12 2024

Choung Chi Lang

Added Oct 12 2024

Capt. Bates & Mrs. A.H. Bates

Added Oct 11 2024

Wild Giant With Manager (Karoo?)

Added Oct 11 2024

Colonel Cooper

Added Oct 11 2024

Chang Yu-Sing

Added Oct 11 2024

Chang-Yu-Sing

Added Oct 11 2024

Chang Yu-Sing

Added Oct 1 2024

Chang-Yu-Sing by Bogardus

Added Sep 30 2024

Chang Yu Sing, and his Wife Kin Foo

Added Sep 30 2024

Chang Yu-Sing

Added Sep 30 2024

Chang The Chinese Giant & Chinese Dwarf, Chung Mow

Added Sep 30 2024

Chinese Woman With Bound Feet

Added Sep 30 2024

Giant Oskar Kraus & Fat Woman Giant Lizette

Added Sep 8 2024

Street Carnival With Sideshow, Protection, KS

Added Sep 7 2024

Ann E. Leak, Headshot, 1872

Added Sep 7 2024

George Herz “World’s Champion Punching Bag Manipulator”

Added Aug 4 2024

Spidora (From Germany)

Added Aug 4 2024

Dragon’s Mouth Snake Show

Added Aug 4 2024

Morocco “Equine Colossus”

Added Jul 14 2024

Tocci Brothers, Nude (Cabinet Card)

Added Jun 18 2024

The St. Benoit Twins

Added Jun 18 2024

Olof Krarer “Little Esquimaux Lady”

Added Jun 16 2024

Unidentified Top Hat Midget

Added Jun 16 2024

Unidentified Military Midget and Wife

Added Jun 16 2024

Figi Cannibals

Added Jun 16 2024

Figi Cannibals

Added Jun 16 2024

Commadore NUTT AND MINNIE WARREN.

Added Jun 9 2024

Nellie Keeler

Added Jun 9 2024

Harry Green as “The Visitor”

Added Jun 2 2024

Emil Milette [Millette?] “The Bovine Boy”

Added Jun 2 2024

Emil Milette [Millette?] “The Bovine Boy”

Added Jun 2 2024

Mrs. Lyons “Bearded Woman”

Added Mar 30 2024

Annie Bell, Age 18

Added Mar 30 2024

Che-Mah

Added Mar 3 2024

Che-Mah With Manager

Added Mar 3 2024

Lucia Zarate by Charles Eisenmann

Added Feb 25 2024

General Mite and His Manager

Added Jan 28 2024

Lucia Zarate “The Mexican Liliputian”

Added Jan 22 2024

SENORITA LUCIA ZARATE! The Mexican LILIPUTIAN!

Added Jan 22 2024

Senorita Lucia Zarate

Added Jan 22 2024

Lucia Zarate

Added Jan 22 2024

Lucia Zarate & Manager Uffner

Added Jan 22 2024

Lucia Zarate

Added Jan 22 2024

General Mite

Added Jan 22 2024

Tom Thumb In England

Added Jan 22 2024

Gen. Willis Carver & Madame Carver

Added Jan 22 2024

Lucia Zarate & Her Mother

Added Jan 7 2024

Robinson Brothers, Iowa Giants

Added Jan 7 2024

8-Footed Horse and Owner

Added Jan 7 2024

Chief “Long-Tailed Pony”

Added Jan 7 2024

Ponto, Hump-Backed SCANDINAVAN Pony

Added Jan 7 2024

Prof. H.S. McGuire & Mazeppa

Added Jan 7 2024

Unidentified Midget Performer Bust Portrait

Added Jan 6 2024

Lydia Weitelman “The Worlds Wonderful Child”

Added Jan 1 2024

Major Chas. Gantz, Age 31

Added Jan 1 2024

Major Gantz in WENDT Studio, Age 39

Added Jan 1 2024

Major Gantz in WENDT Studio with Friend, Age 33

Added Jan 1 2024

The Fairy Wedding Party

Added Jan 1 2024

Wedding of Tom Thumb & Lavinia Warren With Commodore Nutt, Minnie Warren

Added Jan 1 2024

Commodor Nutt as Johnny Appleseed

Added Jan 1 2024

George Washington Morrison Nutt In Striped Suit With Dunce Cap

Added Jan 1 2024

General Tom Thumb and Wife Lavinia (Autographed)

Added Jan 1 2024

Lavinia Bump (Warren Stratton Thumb)

Added Jan 1 2024

Lavinia Bump (Warren Stratton Thumb)

Added Jan 1 2024

Minnie Warren

Added Jan 1 2024

Miss Millie Edwards (Mrs. General Mite)

Added Jan 1 2024

Henrietta Moritz

Added Jan 1 2024

Henriette Moretz, 15 Years Old

Added Dec 31 2023

Rice Family of Midget Performers

Added Dec 31 2023

Eliza Nestel

Added Dec 31 2023

Admiral Dot, 13 Years Old, With Mother(?)

Added Dec 31 2023

Admiral Dot, 16 Years Old

Added Dec 31 2023

Admiral Dot, 18 Years Old

Added Dec 31 2023

Admiral Dot, 14 Years Old

Added Dec 31 2023

Admiral Dot, As A Mustachioed Dandy

Added Dec 31 2023

Unidentified Midget Performer in Top Hat

Added Dec 31 2023

Unidentified Midget Performer With Checkerboard

Added Dec 31 2023

Dudley Foster With Mother & Dad

Added Dec 31 2023

General Mite

Added Dec 31 2023

Nicholi “The Little Russian Prince”

Added Dec 31 2023

Major Page, Midget Policeman

Added Dec 31 2023

Unidentified Midget Performer as Policeman

Added Dec 31 2023

Che Mah & Pearly

Added Dec 31 2023

Jolly Irene Shoe Ad by Don Donaghy

Added Dec 26 2023

Steeplechase Circus Big Show

Added Dec 25 2023

Ben Bowen “The Yankee Giant”

Added Dec 25 2023

Cingalese Troupe “Palm Reading and Fortune Telling”

Added Sep 24 2023

Cingalese Troupe “Palm Reading”

Added Sep 24 2023

Katie Wren “Snake Lady”

Added Sep 24 2023

Unidentified “Bear Woman”

Added Sep 24 2023

Young Alice Bounds “She-Bear”

Added Sep 23 2023

Unidentified Handicapped Dwarf

Added Sep 23 2023

Unidentified Ossified Man

Added Sep 21 2023

J.R. Bass “The Ossified Man”

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp on His Cart

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp with Manager

Added Sep 17 2023

W.T. Sapp

Added Sep 17 2023

Edwin “The Ossified Boy” Single-O

Added Sep 17 2023

Ida Williams

Added Sep 9 2023

ida Williams

Added Sep 9 2023

Ida Williams

Added Sep 9 2023

Elenor Tarantino “Hairy Woman”

Added Sep 4 2023

Major Gantz In His Chair, On A High Table, Age 33

Added Sep 4 2023

Dan A. Kelly by Charles Eisenmann

Added Sep 4 2023

Jo Jo in Party Hat (St. Peterburg, Russia)

Added Sep 3 2023

Lady Bag Puncher

Added Aug 26 2023

Rosa Blazek with Her Son Franz

Added Aug 20 2023

Rosa & Josepha Blazek (2-Years Old)

Added Aug 20 2023

Chester A. Lee, Armless Child

Added Aug 20 2023

Unidentified Bearded Living Skeleton

Added Aug 20 2023

Dominique Castagna “Skelettmensch”

Added Aug 20 2023

P.T. Barnum, 1888

Added Aug 20 2023

P.T. Barnum

Added Aug 20 2023

Ann E. Leak (1885)

Added Aug 20 2023

Big Hattie

Added Aug 18 2023

Zip!

Added Jul 23 2023

Maxey “Needle King”

Added Jul 22 2023

James Wilson “The Expansionist” I

Added Jul 22 2023

James Wilson “The Expansionist” II

Added Jul 21 2023

Electric Man

Added Jul 21 2023

The Electric Girl

Added Jul 21 2023

Dufrane “The Human Anvil”

Added Jul 20 2023

Nicodemus “The Indescribable”

Added Jul 19 2023

Nicodemus “The Indescribable”

Added Jul 19 2023

Miss Ettie Reynolds “The Madagascar Lady”

Added Jul 16 2023

Front View, Unidentified Human Pincushion from Chicago

Added Jun 25 2023

Back View, Unidentified Human Pincushion from Chicago

Added Jun 25 2023

Arcaris Knife Thrower Montage

Added Jun 25 2023

Billy Wells, “Iron Skull Man”

Added Jun 25 2023

Frieda Moritz “Sword Walker”

Added Jun 24 2023

Truda “Sword Walker”

Added Jun 24 2023

Lillie Tobin “The Original Lady Glasseater”

Added Jun 24 2023

Lillie Tobin “The Original Lady Glasseater”

Added Jun 24 2023

Ada Clair, Boxing Fat Woman

Added May 28 2023

Unidentified Fat Lady In Ruffled Dress

Added May 28 2023

Unidentified Fat Lady Hiking Her Dress

Added May 28 2023

Chauncey Morlan

Added May 14 2023

Mrs. John [Hannah] Battersby

Added May 14 2023

Hannah Battersby

Added May 14 2023

Hannah Battersby

Added May 14 2023

Hannah Battersby

Added May 14 2023

Hannah Battersby With Diadem

Added May 14 2023

Fat Lady Snake Enchantress

Added May 14 2023

Mamie Chambers “Giant Baby”

Added May 14 2023

Carrie Akers

Added May 14 2023

Carrie Akers

Added May 14 2023

Carrie Akers & Manager (?)

Added May 14 2023

Miss Sophie Schulz [Schultz]

Added May 14 2023

Miss Sophie Schulz with Mustache [Schultz]

Added May 14 2023

Harry Castleman “Fat Boy”

Added May 14 2023

Amelia Hill [?] “Fat Girl”

Added May 14 2023

Amelia Hill

Added May 14 2023

Annie Redline

Added May 14 2023

David Navarro “Giant Boy”

Added May 9 2023

Frank Williams Age 18 Wt. 487

Added May 9 2023

Frank Willliams, Age 20, Weight 547

Added May 9 2023

Ida Willlliams, Weight 515, Age 19

Added May 9 2023

Ida Williams. Weight 566, Age 25

Added May 9 2023

Chauncey Morlan, “Indiana’s Fat Boy”

Added May 9 2023

Ada Briggs, Close-Up

Added Mar 19 2023

Annie Morrison

Added Mar 19 2023

Jolly Bonita, Midget Fat Lady Sitting on Automobile

Added Mar 18 2023

Unidentified Fat Woman With Fluffy Hat

Added Mar 18 2023

Unidentified Serious Fat Lady With Gingham Dress

Added Mar 18 2023

Unidentified African-American Fat Lady

Added Mar 18 2023

Unidentified Fat Lady

Added Mar 18 2023