Toney "The Alligator Skin Boy"

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From Elizabeth Anderson:

"Born in 1896 in Longview, Texas, Tony Harris first went on tour at the age of 13, when a Mr. F. H. Woodruff offered to take him to California to enroll him in school, earning tuition money by exhibiting him at fairs and in storefronts along the way. It seems Woodruff missed California by a long shot, however, as Tony was appearing in Austin, Minnesota with the Great U.S. Carnival Company the following year.