Actress Ullie Akerstrom (1864-1941) poses as Pygmalion's "Galatea"
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/119411
1 of 33
Annie Jones, bearded lady
n.d.
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 371
LL/69649
2 of 33
Big Eliza
n.d.
Cabinet card
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/52998
3 of 33
Charles B. Tripp, armless
n.d.
Carte de visite
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 303
LL/69642 [Further details available]
4 of 33
Che-Mah, The Chinese Dwarf
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Scott Davis
LL/64229
5 of 33
Delina Rossa, "The Bearded Lady"
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/64616 [Further details available]
6 of 33
Felix Wehrle, the elastic skin man
n.d.
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 302
LL/69641 [Further details available]
7 of 33
Genuine Hindoo Nautch Dancers
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Mike Zohn
LL/68549
8 of 33
J. M. Coffey, human skeleton
n.d.
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 340
LL/69645
9 of 33
Madame Clofullia, The Bearded Lady
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Barbara Levine / projectB.com
LL/53017
10 of 33
Mr. I.W. Sprague, Age 40 years. Height 5 feet 5 1/2 inches. Weight 46 pounds
n.d.
Cabinet card
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/67389
11 of 33
Mrs. A.H. Bates & Capt. M.V. Bates with Chas Eisenmann standing on the right
n.d.
Cabinet card
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/107899
12 of 33
Studio portrait of a little person
n.d.
Carte de visite
Private collection of Scott Davis
LL/64238
13 of 33
Sutherland Family of Seven Sisters
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Nancy Ellis
LL/58960
14 of 33
Sutherland Family of Seven Sisters
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
Private collection of Nancy Ellis
LL/58961
15 of 33
Zoe Zobedia, The Moss-Haired Girl
n.d.
Cabinet card
Private collection of Barbara Levine / projectB.com
LL/53016
16 of 33
Zulu Warriors, Princess & child.
n.d.
Cabinet card
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/91961
17 of 33
Major Littlefinger and his wife
1880 (ca)
Cabinet card
Private collection of Scott Davis
LL/64248
18 of 33
Human skeleton [Freak show exhibit]
1889
Cabinet card
Syracuse University
Ronald Becker Collection, Special Collections
LL/49402
19 of 33
Armless Charles Tripp
1889, 17 September
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 83)
LL/27711 [Further details available]
20 of 33
Charles B. Tripp, armless wonder
1889, 22 July (inscription)
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War, 29 October 2016, Lot 374
LL/69650 [Further details available]
21 of 33
Zamora, the Triple-Jointed Wonder
1890s (ca)
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/95679 [Further details available]
22 of 33
Sacred Hairy Family of Burma
1900 (ca)
Photograph
Private collection of Jan Weijers (Servatius)
LL/51029
23 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, 229 Bowery, New-York."
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/64676
24 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, 229 Bowery. New York."
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
Private collection of Mike Zohn
LL/68550
25 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, General Photographer, 229 Bowery, Bet. Rivington & Stanton Sts., New York."
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/107900
26 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, Photographer, 229 Bowery, New York"
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
The Jeffrey Kraus Collection
LL/67390
27 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, Photographer, 229 Bowery, New York"
n.d.
Cabinet card, back
Private collection of Scott Davis
LL/64230 [Further details available]
28 of 33
Backmark for "Chas. Eisenmann, The Popular Photographer, 229 Bowery, N.Y."
n.d.
Carte de visite, back
Private collection of Christopher Steiner
LL/119412
29 of 33
Backmark for Chas. Eisenmann
1875-1885 (ca)
Carte de visite, back
Pennsylvania State University Library
The Heinz K. and Bridget A. Henisch Collection of the History of Photography, Image No. phad03c5
LL/50761 [Further details available]
30 of 33
Armless Charles Tripp
1889, 17 September
Cabinet card
Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim (Auction: March 13, 2008, 51, part 2 / lot 83)
LL/27712 [Further details available]
31 of 33
Book cover for "Monsters of the Gilded Age: The Photographs of Chas Eisenmann" by Mike Mitchell & Charles Eisenmann
1979
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1066
32 of 33
Book cover for "Monsters - Human Freaks in America's Guilded Age: the Photographs of Chas Eisenmann" by Mike Mitchell & Charles Eisenmann
2002
Book cover
Arcana: Books on the Arts
LL/1065
33 of 33
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