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Tom and Al St. Pierre, circus collection

a) Al on the slack wire, Tom as a clown. To the right the Georgia Minstrels perform, a barker's megaphone to their right. This is set up somewhere in a flat rural area. 3 ¼" x 6 ½" sepia glossy print, with printed caption. Tack holes in mount [3-].

b)Three 4" x 5 ½" prints on gray mounts by T. R. McQuillan, Guymon, Okla. [possibly the location of "(a)"] Al up on a trapeze before the Beaver County Bank, doing a handstand on chairs with Tom as a clown, and the 2 of them doing stunts. This last is light.

c) Two 4 5/8" x 6 ¾" silver prints on large gray mounts [one with broken corner,] of them doing acrobatic tricks in a similar bleak location, by F. Lee [2]. These give an insight into the world of fairly obscure performing artists traveling to relatively remote locations where they attracted small audiences. A nice addition to our presentation of "Scenes of American Life." Included in the lot are 2 cabinet cards of the brothers in "civilian dress" from St. Paul, plus a few more family portraits.

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