VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM - WALLETT CIRCUS FAMILY COLLECTION
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A SPLENDED VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 60 CABINET CARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WALLETT FAMILY, ASSOCIATED CIRCUS ACTS AND OTHERS. AMONG THE GROUP IS WILLIAM FREDERICK WALLETT, THE MAGRIS, THE COLORADO KID, MILLE. TURNOUR, FLYING DILLONS, RIDING WALLETTS, GYMNASTS, EQUISTRIANS, TRAPEZE AND MANY MORE. THE WALLETT FAMILY COVERED NEARLY 100 YEARS IN THE CIRCUS BEGINNING WITH WILLIAM FREDERICK WALLETT (1808-1892) WHO WAS BILLED AS "THE QUEEN'S JESTER". OTHER PERFORMERS IN THE LINEAGE INCLUDED WILLIAM FREDERICK WALLETT II, ADA WALLETT, FLORENCE DILLON WALLETT, DAVID CASTELLO, WILLIAM FREDERICK WALLETT JR., ROSE WALLETT, LEO KERNS AND OTHERS. THE WALLETT FAMILY PERFORMED WITH THE WHO'S WHO IN SHOWS INCLUDING FOREPAUGH, BARNUM & BAILEY, WALTER L. MAIN, GENTRY, YANKEE ROBINSON, HOWES, SUN, HUNT, DOWNIE, HAGENBECK WALLACE, SEILS-STERLING AND OTHERS.
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VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM - WALLETT CIRCUS FAMILY COLLECTION
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