Captain Ureck

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C.H. Ureck was billed as either the Hungarian Giant or the Austrian Giant, and late in his career as the Prussian Giant. He started in Europe in the early 1880s, and eventually made it to the United States where he married Circassian performer, Lulu Latoska in about 1889. Ureck was also an accomplished vocalist and sang in his act.

He appeared at The Royal in Holborn, England in August of 1883. And at The Royal Aquarium in London and the Westminster Aquarium in September 1883.