Product code: Ca. 1890’s Wendt Cabinet Photo of Adolph / Rudolph top Fake Conjoined Twins Card Stk
You are buying a Ca. 1890's Wendt Cabinet Photo of Adolph / Rudolph Fake Conjoined Twins Card Stock On a Wendt cabinet photograph depicting the fake conjoined twins Adolph / Rudolph. The world famous P.T. Barnum was not the first to use fake acts, he only perfected flimflam into a science. In fact, his career began in 1835 with the fanciful tale of Joice Heth – the top alleged 161 year old former nurse of George Washington. The story was, of course, completely false but that did not stop Barnum from creating elaborate histories for all of his performers. In the late 1800's Adolph and Rudolph, pictured here, were false conjoined twins. Rudolph had tiny malformed legs. Strangely, he considered the affliction not unique enough and thought that there was more money to be made by rigging a ‘conjoined twin harness' with his twin brother. A very Famous pair none the less! 4 ¼ x 6 ½ on Wendt's Boonton NJ stock mount. Back stamped Adolph Rudolph Born Vienna Austria. Very light soiling on the fr.
You are buying a Ca. 1890's Wendt Cabinet Photo of Adolph / Rudolph Fake Conjoined Twins Card Stock On a Wendt cabinet photograph depicting the fake conjoined twins Adolph / Rudolph. The world famous P.T. Barnum was not the first to use fake acts, he only perfected flimflam into a science. In fact, his career began in 1835 with the fanciful tale of Joice Heth – the top alleged 161 year old former nurse of George Washington. The story was, of course, completely false but that did not stop Barnum from creating elaborate histories for all of his performers. In the late 1800's Adolph and Rudolph, pictured here, were false conjoined twins. Rudolph had tiny malformed legs. Strangely, he considered the affliction not unique enough and thought that there was more money to be made by rigging a ‘conjoined twin harness' with his twin brother. A very Famous pair none the less! 4 ¼ x 6 ½ on Wendt's Boonton NJ stock mount. Back stamped Adolph Rudolph Born Vienna Austria. Very light soiling on the fr.