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Orcajo Photo Art Service

Dayton Ohio (303 Keowee Street) based Real Photo Postcard publisher, printer, and designer of postcards for performers in the novelty, variety and sideshow business. They also published cards in the field of baseball and boxing. Many of their cards feature a distinctive Art Nouveau inspired “showcard” handwriting which is both distinctive and beautifully executed.

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Melvin Burkhart “Anatomical Wonder”

Orcajo Ad For Circus/Carnival Postcards

Laurello and His Dog Frisco Write To F.W. Miller

Elizabeth Green, “The Stork Woman” (or Koo Koo), 1936

Elizabeth Green, “The Stork Woman” (or Koo Koo), ca. 1936

Elizabeth Green, “The Stork Woman” (or Koo Koo), ca. 1936

Jean “Jimmie” Holland, Female Impersonator

Clarence Kirby [?] Jr., Midget Strongman

Gibb Sisters Through The Years

John and Zola Williams

John and Zola Williams “The Strangest Married Couple”

Susi “The Elephant Skinned Girl”