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  • TitleDreamland Social Club at Stauch's
  • Call NumberCONE_0582
  • Cite AsMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • SummaryGroup portrait in room of Stauch's Bathhouse of performers and others associated with Dreamland Circus Side Show at Coney Island; many wearing party hats, some in circus costume; two children in front row; large American flag on wall at back; some figures identifiable, e.g., Frank Lentini, the "three-legged man" in first row at far left; Lester Roberts, the circus "talker" seated on floor at far left; the Milton Sisters, a fake Siamese twin act seated next to Roberts; Violetta, "the armless and legless wonder" seated with a white pointed hat in the middle of second row; "Zip the What Is It" seated on floor before Violetta; and "Baron Paucci", a dwarf seated on a woman's shoulder in the back row., Photograph donated by Marie Roberts.
  • Date1924
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsgroup portraitsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from label on recto. On recto: date labeled: August 13th 1924.
  • Creator[Unknown]
  • SubjectCircus performers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Circus workers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bathhouses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionMarie Roberts Dreamland Circus side show photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Dreamland (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.