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THE WONDERFUL ALBINO FAMILY, RUDOLPH LUCASIE, WIFE AND CHILDREN, FROM MADAGASCAR. THEY HAVE PURE WHITE SKIN, SILKEN WHITE HAIR AND PINK EYES!! HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AT BARNUM'S MUSEUM N.Y. FOR THREE YEARS. NOW WITH BUCKLEY AND COUP [caption title] by [Lucasie Family] - 1860

by [Lucasie Family]

THE WONDERFUL ALBINO FAMILY, RUDOLPH LUCASIE, WIFE AND CHILDREN, FROM MADAGASCAR. THEY HAVE PURE WHITE SKIN, SILKEN WHITE HAIR AND PINK EYES!! HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AT BARNUM'S MUSEUM N.Y. FOR THREE YEARS. NOW WITH BUCKLEY AND COUP [caption title] by [Lucasie Family] - 1860

THE WONDERFUL ALBINO FAMILY, RUDOLPH LUCASIE, WIFE AND CHILDREN, FROM MADAGASCAR. THEY HAVE PURE WHITE SKIN, SILKEN WHITE HAIR AND PINK EYES!! HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED AT BARNUM'S MUSEUM N.Y. FOR THREE YEARS. NOW WITH BUCKLEY AND COUP [caption title]

by [Lucasie Family]

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New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. First Edition. Broadside. Good. [1860] Color lithographic broadside, image approximately 12 x 9 inches. Top half-inch of image trimmed, not affecting pictorial content. Toning, small chips and closed tears, early soft folds. Good.

Early Currier & Ives portrait of the albino Dutch Lucasie family, whom Barnum brought to New York from Amsterdam in 1857, advertised for years at the American Museum as natives of Madagascar, and contracted for tours, as advertised here. Scarce.
  • Seller W. C. Baker Rare Books & Ephemera US (US)
  • Format/Binding Broadside
  • Book Condition Used - Good
  • Quantity Available 1
  • Edition First Edition
  • Publisher Currier & Ives
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1860
  • Keywords Americana, performing arts, museum, circus, sideshow, violin, human anomalies, albinos, freaks, Barnum, ephemera, broadside, illustrated, color, lithograph
[ELIOPHOBUS FAMILY] [ALBINOS] Carte de visite (CDV) depicting The Original Eliophobus Family
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[ELIOPHOBUS FAMILY] [ALBINOS] Carte de visite (CDV) depicting The Original Eliophobus Family

by [ELIOPHOBUS FAMILY - LUCASIE FAMILY] Eisenmann, Chas., photographer

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New York: Chas. Eisenmann, Photographer, 1880. Very good +. One carte de visite, measuring about 2 1/2" x 4 1/8". A very good or slightly better carte de visite depicting the Lucasie family, billed as the "Eliophobus family." Mount has mild rubbing at two corners, and is mildly dust-soiled at the blank space near the bottom. Image is bright and clean. The Lucasies, an albino family from Madagascar, were "exhibited" at Barnum's New York museum for some time.
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$300.00

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