LaPearl Circus Acrobats c1890s

Posted on: May 9, 2017

Two cabinet cards showing the LaPearl family, American circus acrobats from the late c19th. One shows the young Harry LaPearl who went on to become the head clown with Barnum and Bailey. He got married in his clown costume, surrounded by other clowns. And they say romance is dead.

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