Set Reminder2021-06-26 12:00:002021-06-26 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Circus, Sideshow & Oddities https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/circus-sideshow-oddities-21965 Several fine collections make up this year’s auction, including one of our largest offerings to date of vintage circus and sideshow photographs, banners, and posters, as well as show memorabilia, books and autographs, and an array of bizarre and unusual objects.
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De Marlo (Contortionist) Advertisement. Circa 1920s. Small poster/advertisement illustrated with halftone photos of the contortionist in a variety of poses, around a central text box printed in German and English. 21 x 14?. Old folds; light soiling. Throughout the 1910s-40s Harry DeMarlo and his wife, Freide, performed at circuses and vaudeville shows around the world. The ?Frog?s Paradise? routine would become his most famous. Harry would also perform as a stunt double for John Barrymore in many of the actor?s early silent films.