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Not a Leg to Stand On

by | May 2, 2007 | Art, Guns and Culture

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Before the Wild West Show, heck before showman William F. Cody was even born, the Victorian taste for the grotesque was satisfied by circus sideshow acts. One photographer who snapped portraits of these “freaks” from his Bowery studio in New York City was Charles Eisenmann. This Valentine’s day, a collection of 130 of his photographs kicked off the sale at Swann Auction Galleries in New York. Circuses began touring America shortly after its founding. Pepin & Breschard first took the


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