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1920s Congress of Freaks Circus Sideshow Photo by Kelty

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Sold Date: 03/13/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Fraternal, Political, Organizations

This auctionis for an original 1920s glossy photograph of the Congress of Freaks of the Ringling Brother and Barnum and Bailey circus by photographer Edward J. Kelty - featuring all your favorite sideshow freaks including:

Ajax, the sword- swallower; unk, Schlitze, the pinhead (and star of Tod Browning's Freaks ); unk; the Carlson Sisters; Major Mite, the smallest man on earth; Tom Ton; Slats, skeleton sheik; Mlle. Cleo, snake charmer; and an unidentified trio of sax playing sisters, Cliko, the African bushman; one of the ambassadors from Mars; Koo Koo, the bird girl (also featured in the movie, Freaks ); Baron Paucci, midget; giant; the Dancing Doll family of midgets ( Freaks ); again, either Eko and Iko

Size: 9 x 12.

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Hi. Thanks for your interest in this photo. I will try and give as best description as I can based on my photography knowledge, but let me add that I have never held another one of this print for comparison. the "live' area of the photo measures 8 x 5 5/8 inches on a 8 x 9 1/2 inch piece of gloss photographic paper. There are no markings on the back. there are a few water or mildew stains on the left side -top and bottom - that I have not attempted to clean. the tall man's head is cut off in the negative or the negative tray and not on the physical edge of the photograph. the detail and contrast in the photo is very good. It appears as though a small square detail is missing from the neg in the lower right corner - it is possible that this is a photograph of a photograph with the original owner's mark removed - possible another image company bought the rights in the past? ( I am conjecturing here completely). I offer a complete refund if your are not satisfied for any reason.