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- Portrait of an Athlete, circa 1885 - This unidentified "tattooed man" with patriotic tattoos was photographed by Charles Eisenmann in his Bowery district studio. Eisenmann captured the eclectic mix of people who frequented the Bowery, including circus performers like this -- a likely client of the area's infamous tattoo parlors. Eisenmann's images were reproduced for sale in the form of cabinet cards, popular among the middle class.
- circa 1885
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Portrait of an Athlete, circa 1885
This unidentified "tattooed man" with patriotic tattoos was photographed by Charles Eisenmann in his Bowery district studio. Eisenmann captured the eclectic mix of people who frequented the Bowery, including circus performers like this -- a likely client of the area's infamous tattoo parlors. Eisenmann's images were reproduced for sale in the form of cabinet cards, popular among the middle class.
- Circus Performance Control Vehicle, 1967 - In 1966, automobile designer Virgil Exner was approached by a wealthy man with an unusual dream: to build a motorized circus with vehicles for transporting performers and constructing the big top. Exner was eager to begin the novel - though soon abandoned - project and created several concepts, including this control vehicle designed to erect the big top.
- 1967
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Circus Performance Control Vehicle, 1967
In 1966, automobile designer Virgil Exner was approached by a wealthy man with an unusual dream: to build a motorized circus with vehicles for transporting performers and constructing the big top. Exner was eager to begin the novel - though soon abandoned - project and created several concepts, including this control vehicle designed to erect the big top.
- "Circus Velvet," circa 1967 - In 1966, automobile designer Virgil Exner was approached by a wealthy man with an unusual dream: to build a motorized circus with vehicles for transporting performers and constructing the big top. Exner was eager to begin the novel, though soon abandoned, project. He created several concept vehicles and structures for the spectacle, known as Circus Velvet.
- circa 1967
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"Circus Velvet," circa 1967
In 1966, automobile designer Virgil Exner was approached by a wealthy man with an unusual dream: to build a motorized circus with vehicles for transporting performers and constructing the big top. Exner was eager to begin the novel, though soon abandoned, project. He created several concept vehicles and structures for the spectacle, known as Circus Velvet.
- 1869 Miniature Bicycle Used by Tom Thumb - Topliff and Ely, an Ohio company, presented this reduced-size velocipede to General Tom Thumb, the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton. This diminutive performer, who only reached a height of 40 inches, got his start with P. T. Barnum. Stratton turned his small stature into a profitable career entertaining both royalty and the common man.
- 1869
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1869 Miniature Bicycle Used by Tom Thumb
Topliff and Ely, an Ohio company, presented this reduced-size velocipede to General Tom Thumb, the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton. This diminutive performer, who only reached a height of 40 inches, got his start with P. T. Barnum. Stratton turned his small stature into a profitable career entertaining both royalty and the common man.
- Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911 -
- January 14, 1911
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Ticket for a Performance of "The Fascinating Widow," Saturday Matinee, January 14, 1911
- "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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"Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939
- Operating the Marionettes in "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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Operating the Marionettes in "Writer's Cramp: A Review in Little" Marionette Show at the A.B. Dick Company Exhibit at the New York World's Fair, 1939
- Conductor's Score from "Writers' Cramp" Marionette Show, A.B. Dick Company Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939 -
- 1939
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Conductor's Score from "Writers' Cramp" Marionette Show, A.B. Dick Company Exhibit, New York World's Fair, 1939
- Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Charmant Oiseau (from La Perle de Brasil)" and a Message for Thomas Edison, 1915 - This rare recording was the brainchild of Thomas Edison's Chief Engineer Miller R. Hutchison. A group of Edison's friends and business associates gathered at Edison's West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory as this pre-recorded speech was played during a telephone call made to Edison over the newly completed transcontinental telephone line. Edison was visiting the 1915 Pan-American Exhibition in San Francisco on the opposite coast. This recording was never sold commercially.
- October 21, 1915
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Edison Diamond Disc Record, "Charmant Oiseau (from La Perle de Brasil)" and a Message for Thomas Edison, 1915
This rare recording was the brainchild of Thomas Edison's Chief Engineer Miller R. Hutchison. A group of Edison's friends and business associates gathered at Edison's West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory as this pre-recorded speech was played during a telephone call made to Edison over the newly completed transcontinental telephone line. Edison was visiting the 1915 Pan-American Exhibition in San Francisco on the opposite coast. This recording was never sold commercially.
- Thomas Rowe, Expansionist Circus Performer, circa 1895 - Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made in Detroit, Michigan, around 1895, depicts Thomas Rowe, a sideshow performer in the Walter L. Main Circus.
- circa 1895
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Thomas Rowe, Expansionist Circus Performer, circa 1895
Professional photographers began producing cabinet cards in 1867. Consumers quickly preferred them over earlier cartes-de-visite, which were mounted on smaller cardboard stock. Through the early 1900s, Americans commonly exchanged and collected cabinet photographs of family, friends and celebrities. This example, made in Detroit, Michigan, around 1895, depicts Thomas Rowe, a sideshow performer in the Walter L. Main Circus.